Tag: Latin American and Caribbean economies

• Friday, December 18th 2015 - 07:55 UTC

  South America to contract 0.8% and Central America will expand 4.6% in 2016, says UN office

  

  Latin American and Caribbean economies will contract 0.4% on average in 2015 and will grow just 0.2% next year, as a result of the complex external scenario, according to new projections unveiled on Thursday by the UN Latin America and Caribbean Economic commission, ECLAC. Estimates for next year are that Central America will expand 4.6% while South America will again contract 0.8%.