LatinFinance: What are your plans for spurring economic growth? Where will the revenue come from to finance the administration’s priority projects? Gabriel Oddone: We are dealing with question marks in […]
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El Salvador Economy: Threading the Needle
Since making Bitcoin legal tender in September 2021, El Salvador’s far-right president, Nayib Bukele, has enjoyed thumbing his nose at global financial institutions from his X account. In defiance of […]
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Brazil Economic Policy: Targeting a Zero Deficit—Guilherme Mello
LatinFinance: Brazil posted strong economic growth last year. Will the expected slowdown this year be bumpy or smooth? Guilherme Mello: Actually, we will have a slowdown that will bring us […]
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Sustainable Finance: A Change in Climate
If you haven’t noticed, things have changed. Since returning to office on January 20, President Donald Trump has upended US and global politics by halting US military support for Ukraine, […]
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Local Currency Debt: Into the Deep
Latin American corporate bond issuance is expected to remain healthy this year after a good 2024. Issuers, however, may increasingly tilt toward the local debt markets as a rise in […]
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Chile Pension Reform: Risky business
The biggest reform of Chile’s pension fund system in 40 years has shored up the position of private administrators, but the boom times may be over for these big institutional […]
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Parting Shot: Careful What You Wish For
US President Donald Trump’s rhetoric about “taking back” the Panama Canal has raised significant concerns about the shifting priorities of US foreign policy and the broader implications for engagement with […]
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Market Talk: Bonds
Latin American and Caribbean international bond issuance is expected to slow to a steady pace in the second quarter of 2025 after a robust start to the year, as issuers […]
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Market Talk: Loans
Lending activity in Latin America is expected to pick up in the second quarter of 2025 after a slack first quarter, led by demand for acquisition and infrastructure financing, analysts […]
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Market Talk: Equity
After a slow start to this year, the primary equity market in Latin America is expected to only gradually pick up in the second quarter, as concerns about high interest […]