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1 – 10 of 60Expectations for 2024 suggest lower inflation than last year, but risks persist. The OECD forecasts moderate GDP growth, highlighting inflation and interest rate concerns. Minimum…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284490
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ARGENTINA: Inflation hits 2023 high with worse to come
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES284023
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However, since the August primaries his goal has shifted to winning the elections, or at reaching a run-off, prompting expansionary policies aiming to improve households’…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282141
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Elections are not scheduled until June 2024, but the remainder of this year will be dominated by preparation, posturing and manoeuvring. Economic growth is gaining momentum, but…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280105
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The country’s poverty rate stood at 52.4% in 2020 according to the World Bank, a 5-percentage-point increase on the level prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Bank…
In the 2021/22 season the rise in wheat production helped to offset the fall in soybean and maize output. This will not be the case this year, with wheat production expected to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274425
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The restructuring creates more fiscal space for President Guillermo Lasso as he attempts to bolster popular support, fend off political opposition and drive through liberal…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273097
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Lacalle Pou’s pension reform has passed the Senate, educational reforms are under way and he is pushing infrastructure works. However, the opposition Frente Amplio (Broad Front…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275530
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Although styled as the more 'business-friendly' candidate, Macri will face numerous challenges in making rapid macroeconomic changes, despite the need to do so. Since 2003, when…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB206839
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The moves followed a peso depreciation of nearly 21% during the last week of August. The measures aim to ease investor doubts over the government’s ability to overcome the…