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The 2018 currency crisis left the economy in one of the deepest downturns of the last decade, repeating the cyclical pattern in place since 2011 of one year of growth followed by…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB240627
ISSN: 2633-304X
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President Alberto Fernandez has appointed new social development and labour ministers, Victoria Tolosa Paz and Raquel Olmos, following the resignations of their predecessors amid…
Rising poverty levels in Argentina.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB239490
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In 2016, the economic downturn boosted unemployment, especially in the manufacturing and construction industries, while inflation undermined real incomes, hitting the poorest…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB217918
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Prospects for emerging economies to end-2016.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB211741
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The tax, to be used to fund COVID-19-related healthcare, will not raise the USD300bn envisaged but will have symbolic effect. More serious are congressional moves to cut the…
The primary surplus (0.6% of GDP) was driven by a 35% real fall in primary spending, which offset a recession-induced 4.5% drop in revenues. Month-on-month inflation has also…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286714
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The region’s current tax and spending policies redistribute very little. The COVID-19 pandemic brought a deep and persistent recession, despite new spending, tax cuts and monetary…
The economic impact of COVID-19.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB251709
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The government has posted the first fiscal surplus in years, inflation has declined and foreign currency reserves have risen from USD21.0bn in mid-December to USD28.5bn. However…