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1 – 10 of 58COVID-19 lockdown measures and low oil prices are weighing on the economy, which the IMF expects to contract by 6.7% this year. According to the IMF, Ecuador’s gross financing…
This is close to the ceiling of the target band of 2.25-5.25% set for this year. In response, the Central Bank last week raised its benchmark interest rate from a record low of…
ECUADOR: Unrest will soar as COVID-19 crisis subsides
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES252748
ISSN: 2633-304X
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CHILE: Austere budget will target post-COVID recovery
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES256575
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Public debt increased from the second quarter of 2020, mainly due to the sharp economic contraction and peso depreciation.
The impact of COVID-19.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB252724
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Hurricanes Eta and Iota, which struck Honduras in quick succession in the first half of November, took a severe toll on the agriculture sector, which accounts for more than 10% of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259286
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MEXICO: COVID-19 will compound economic crisis
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES252363
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So far, state-sector price controls and price caps on food and private markets have prevented runaway inflation. However, producers are withholding goods or selling on the black…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB260020
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Although both the bill’s legislative future and the amount it would raise are uncertain, it reflects ever more explicit class polarisation and anger over inequalities.