Oficina de la CEPAL en Washington (Estudios e Investigaciones)
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Contenido: Documentos de proyectos e investigaciones de la Oficina de CEPAL en Washington, desde su creación en 1950.
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United States economic outlook: Inflation trends post COVID-19
(2022-11-23)The United States has witnessed historic inflation since the economy began to reopen in 2021 following the lockdowns triggered by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The United States economic outlook: inflation trends post COVID-19 looks at the forces behind this surge in prices and the trade-offs and risks for the policy response. The ... -
Capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean: First eight months of 2022
(2022-10-05)Against a backdrop of tightening global financing conditions, total Latin American and Caribbean bond issuance in international markets in the first eight months of 2022 was down more than 50% from the same period in 2021. International bond issuance of environmental, social and governance (ESG) bonds —including green, social, sustainability and ... -
United States economic outlook: 2021 year-in-review and first quarter of 2022
(2022-07-08)The United States economy expanded by 5.7% in 2021, the strongest annual growth since 1984, but in a sharp reversal it contracted 1.5% in the first quarter of 2022. Although the overall economy is expected to resume modest growth in the second quarter of 2022 and beyond owing to robust consumer spending and a strong labour market, risks to the economic ... -
Capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean: 2021 year-in-review and first four months of 2022
(2022-06-08)Capital Flows to Latin America and the Caribbean: 2021 in review and the first four months of 2022 presents and analyses the developments concerning capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean in 2021and from January to April 2022. This report is published three times a year and provides an overview of new international bonds from Latin American ... -
United States economic outlook: Third quarter of 2021
(2021-12-23)Economic growth in the United States slowed to 2.1% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2021, from 6.7% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2021. Consumer spending in the third quarter rose at its slowest pace since the recovery began, as durable goods spending fell sharply amid supply shortages and rising inflationary pressures. The labour ... -
United States-Latin America and the Caribbean Trade Developments 2021
(2021-12-02)United States trade is showing a healthy recovery in 2021 in both imports and exports of goods and services, although some categories of services are still suffering the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. Travel, transport, and tourism have not returned to pre-pandemic levels. In contrast, trade in goods has recovered in all major ... -
Capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean: first nine months of 2021
(2021-11-30)Against the backdrop of low global interest rates and borrowing costs, bond issuances in international markets by Latin American and Caribbean countries totalled US$ 124 billion in the first nine months of 2021, up 6% from the year-earlier period. Of this total, almost US$ 40 billion (31.5%) were issued to finance environmental, social and governance ... -
United States economic outlook: First half of 2021
(2021-10-06)The United States rebounded rapidly and robustly from the COVID-19 pandemic recession in the first half of 2021, as federal stimulus spending helped the economy expand at an annualized rate of over 6%. However, the economic recovery remains uneven. The United States economic outlook: first half 2021 presents and analyses macroeconomic developments ... -
Latin America and the Caribbean exports to the United States: Analysis of the competition with China and other regions at product level, 2002-2018
(2021-07-13)This research looks at Latin America and the Caribbean exports trajectory in the United States market in the almost two decades that followed China's accession to the WTO and compares it with that followed by China and other regions. The analysis exploits product-level United States imports data collected from the United States Census Bureau. The ... -
Capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean: First four months of 2021
(2021-06-16)Latin American and Caribbean debt issuers reached a historic milestone in the first quarter of 2021, with the highest quarterly issuance on record (US$ 52 billion) in international bond markets. Including April, regional bond issuance in international markets totalled US$ 65.5 billion in the first four months of 2021. In addition, green, social and ...
