MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
LatinFocus forecasts regional GDP to expand 3.7% and average inflation 6.6%
LatinFocus Consensus Forecast panellists expect regional GDP to expand 3.7% this year, following an estimated 2.9% increase recorded in 2012. The stable figure reflects rosier prospects for Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela, which were offset by downward revisions to Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay. Read full article
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Jan 24th, 2013 - 02:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Except for isolationist, thieving argieland whose economy won't “expand” at all. Legally. And whose inflation is most likely to increase to 36.6%. It's already talking about 25% pay increases!
Jan 24th, 2013 - 02:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0This report is not representative of all of Latin America. It only includes South American nations, plus Mexico -- Central America and the Caribbean are not included. It's a major oversight not to include the fact that Panama has been the fastest growing country in Latin America the past two years, with around 10.5% growth in both 2011 and 2012, while their forecast for 2013 is around 8.5%, challenging Paraguay's forecast.
Jan 24th, 2013 - 03:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 03 Indeed things for Panama look great already and look to be even better and very good news for Paraguay , I suppose they chose the usual representative countries of Latam but is true that the Caribbean and Central America, of which Mexico is part of, are growing too and very well.
Jan 25th, 2013 - 06:45 am - Link - Report abuse 0Please note that the article from above is an excerpt of our January 2013 edition of the LatinFocus Consensus Forecast. For the complete report please visit out Online Store at www.focus-economics.com. Our LatinFocus report includes forecasts for Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, México, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela. Our FocusEconomics Consensus Forecast Central America includes forecasts for Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. For more information on the countries and regions we cover visit our Website.
Jan 25th, 2013 - 12:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Thanks
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