Economy

• Friday, September 13th 2019 - 19:17 UTC

  Brazil's soybean and corn sowing seasons delayed because of very dry conditions

  

  Brazil’s soybean sowing season for the 2019-20 harvest is officially underway, but there might not be too many planters out in the fields just yet as conditions are extremely dry.

• Friday, September 13th 2019 - 12:49 UTC

  Argentine central bank announces further currency controls

  

  Argentina's central bank this week announced further currency controls in an effort to tame speculation and stem a spiraling debt crisis in Latin America's third-largest economy.

• Friday, September 13th 2019 - 12:38 UTC

  August inflation in Argentina reverses tendency and again shoots up: 4%

  

  Prices in Argentina shot up last month after a shocking primary vote plunged the peso, reversing four months of declines.

• Friday, September 13th 2019 - 11:56 UTC

  Following a US judge decision to keep a Peruvian ex president in jail, the former ex first lady is dragged out of the courtroom

  

  A former Peruvian first lady was dragged out of a courtroom in San Francisco on Thursday as she cursed a judge's decision to keep her husband, ex-president Alejandro Toledo, in jail pending extradition proceedings.

• Friday, September 13th 2019 - 11:54 UTC

  Chinese private firms return to buy some 600.000 tons of US soybeans

  

  Privately run Chinese firms bought at least 10 boatloads of U.S. soybeans on Thursday, the country's most significant purchases since at least June, traders said, ahead of high-level talks next month aimed at ending a bilateral trade war that has lasted more than a year.

• Friday, September 13th 2019 - 11:51 UTC

  Argentine budget forecasts a 2.6% contraction this year, and 1% growth in 2020

  

  Argentina's inflation rate is expected at 53% in December 2019, but will fall back to 34% the following year, according to projections in the forthcoming 2020 budget, treasury officials said this week.

• Friday, September 13th 2019 - 11:47 UTC

  IMF remains strongly engaged with Argentina; meeting with officials scheduled for later this month

  

  The International Monetary Fund is continuing talks with Argentina as authorities there try to stem spiraling economic problems in Latin America’s third-largest economy, IMF spokesman Gerry Rice told reporters on Thursday.

• Friday, September 13th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Falklands' lawmakers attending overseas conferences in September and October

  

  Busy months ahead for Falkland Islands lawmakers who will be attending at a very special moment several overseas meetings of major interest for the Islands. In coming weeks the Falklands as a British Overseas Territory faces one of its greatest challenges for its future, in uncharted waters and still unclear trade and political consequences, such is the impact of Brexit.

• Thursday, September 12th 2019 - 19:31 UTC

  US and Beijing agree a brief “cease fire” on 70th anniversary of “red” China

  

  US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States has agreed to delay increasing tariffs on US$250 billion worth of Chinese imports from Oct 1 to Oct 15 “as a gesture of goodwill.”

• Thursday, September 12th 2019 - 19:00 UTC

  Mexico to apply sales tax on Netflix, Apple, Spotfy, Amazon Prime

  

  A Mexican sales tax on foreign digital businesses providing audio or visual services could generate tax revenue of about 3.6 billion pesos (US$ 185 million) a year, a senior lawmaker in Mexico’s ruling party said on Tuesday.