Along with an overall revision upward for global economic expectations this year, Latin America and the Caribbean is now projected to create greater economic growth in 2023 as a region compared to previous forecasts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). ...
Guest Insight – Guyana: The New Wealthy Neighbor?
Diplomat Sergio Escobar says Guyana has a very promising future despite the many obstacles that it will have to overcome.
Even Without Infections, Fitch Says Coronavirus Threatens Caribbean & LatAm Economies
Sovereign and corporate issuers in Latin America will be adversely affected by slower Chinese demand and commodity price weakness caused by coronavirus due to high commodity export dependence and direct trade exposure to China, says Fitch Ratings.
Trinidad & Tobago’s Economy On Track To Outpace World Bank Forecast: Oxford Business Group
On April 19 the World Bank revised its forecast from earlier in the month, which had predicted that Trinidad &Tobago would slip into a recession. In a press release, the international lender said the twin-island nation was expected to post real ...
World Economic Forum and Industry Experts Publish Guidelines for Data Usage in Financial Services
“An uncoordinated proliferation of global data frameworks may prove counterproductive in the long run," says Matthew Blake of the WEF.
IMF Establishes FinTech Task Force to Study How Technology Is Changing Finance
The new IMF working group will study the many economic and regulatory implications of the technological developments that are changing the world of finance.
Why Money Is Soon Coming to an End
More and more economists continue to insist on the theory that bills will come to an end.