Oficina de la CEPAL en Washington (Estudios e Investigaciones)
Recent Submissions
Trends and major holders of U.S. federal debt
- Corporate Author(s):
- NU. CEPAL. Oficina de Washington
- Date Issued
- 2019-05-03
- Physical Description
- 29 p.
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The U.S. debt burden became heavier as a result of the unprecedented policy response to the global financial crisis and economic recession, and it has continued to grow. On March 11, the U.S. administration unveiled a US$ 4.75 trillion budget proposal that projects debt held by the public will hit ...
Capital Flows to Latin America and the Caribbean: 2018 Year-in-Review
- Corporate Author(s):
- NU. CEPAL. Oficina de Washington
- Date Issued
- 2019-02-15
- Physical Description
- 50 p.
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In 2018, bond issuance from Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) slowed, bond spreads widened and credit quality deteriorated. The region saw the best and the worst conditions for tapping international capital markets in 2018. In January 2018, issuers from the region placed their highest ever mon...
United States- Latin America and the Caribbean trade developments 2018
- Corporate Author(s):
- NU. CEPAL. Oficina de Washington
- Date Issued
- 2019-01-10
- Physical Description
- 36 p.
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United States Trade Developments 2018, provides an overview of the most relevant developments in United States trade relations with Latin America and the Caribbean and of the measures that inhibit the free flow of goods among countries in the Western Hemisphere. This is an annual report elaborated ...
U.S. Economic Outlook: Quarterly developments
- Corporate Author(s):
- NU. CEPAL. Oficina de Washington
- Date Issued
- 2018-12-17
- Physical Description
- 27 p.
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Highlights:
-In the third quarter of 2018, the U.S. economy grew at an annualized rate of 3.5% after rising 4.2% in the second quarter. Growth remained strong, but its composition deteriorated, as inventories accounted for almost two-thirds of the growth. Growth was led by consumer spending, which...
Capital Flows to Latin America and the Caribbean: Recent developments
- Corporate Author(s):
- NU. CEPAL. Oficina de Washington
- Date Issued
- 2018-12-06
- Physical Description
- 53 p.
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This document, prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Washington Office, presents and analyzes the most recent developments (third quarter of 2018) concerning capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean.
The main highlights are:
The Latin America and ...
The Caribbean on the edge: an anthology of ideas and writings
- Author(s):
- Dookeran, Winston
- Date Issued
- 2018-08-27
- Physical Description
- 116 p.
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This book compiles and adapts different chapters written by the author during the last decades on the topic of Caribbean development. On the one hand, the document provides the reader with the opportunity to travel in time acknowledging the evolution of academia, paradigms, and frameworks regarding...
Capital Flows to Latin America and the Caribbean
- Corporate Author(s):
- NU. CEPAL. Oficina de Washington
- Date Issued
- 2018-07-17
- Physical Description
- 48 p.
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This document, prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Washington Office, presents and analyzes the most recent developments (first quarter of 2018) concerning capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean.
The main highlights are:
-In January 2018, issu...
U.S. Economic Outlook. Quarterly developments
- Corporate Author(s):
- NU. CEPAL. Oficina de Washington
- Date Issued
- 2018-07-16
- Physical Description
- 26 p.
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In the first quarter of 2018, the U.S. economy grew at an annualized rate of 2%, a slower pace than previously thought, but growth is expected to rebound in the current quarter. Growth was held back by the slowdown in consumer spending, which grew only 0.9% in the first quarter, after a 4% growth i...
Resilience and capital flows in the Caribbean
- Author(s):
- Bustillo, Inés |
- Velloso, Helvia |
- Dookeran, Winston |
- Perrotti, Daniel E.
- Date Issued
- 2018-10-24
- Physical Description
- 45 p.
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The economic challenges in the Caribbean can be linked in significant measure to the region’s external vulnerability. This paper looks at trends in financial flows in the context of the region’s need to strengthen its resilience. It starts by focusing on three concepts: vulnerability, fragility and...
U.S. Economic Outlook: Recent developments
- Corporate Author(s):
- NU. CEPAL. Oficina de Washington
- Date Issued
- 2018-02-13
- Physical Description
- 14 p.
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The U.S. economic expansion remains on track and it has entered its ninth year. January marked the 103th month of growth for the U.S. economy. By May, the current economic expansion will become the second longest on record.1 The unemployment rate sits at 4.1%, the lowest level since December 2000, ...