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Q4 – The Penalty Shot

After three decades of rapid economic growth, the world’s second-largest economy is facing a slowdown that some experts fear is structural. China may be in for a long slog, a decade or so of 3% or 4% annual growth. This poses a new challenge for Latin America and the Caribbean just when more of its central banks are starting to cut interest rates as inflation recedes. How will China’s new reality affect the region? Tom Azzopardi and Hernán Goicochea explore this in our cover story.