Tag: middle class

• Thursday, July 22nd 2021 - 09:46 UTC

  Argentina's economy continues to shrink, but some analysts see recovery imminent

  

  Argentina's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has fallen 0.7% so far in 2021, which in addition to declines in 2018, 2019 and 2020, has led the country's economy to historic lows.

• Thursday, November 14th 2019 - 18:23 UTC

  OECD report warns about the middle class “squeezed by the ultra rich”

  

  Middle-class families are seeing their incomes stagnating as they are squeezed by the ultra-rich taking a bigger slice, says an international report from the OECD economics think tank.

• Wednesday, October 3rd 2012 - 01:42 UTC

  Chile a country with a growing disappointed middle class, says Financial Times

  

  The influential business newspaper Financial Times dedicated a special edition to the Chilean economic and social situation and concludes that given the massive demonstrations against energy projects and in favour of education reform, “doing business” in the country has become difficult plus there is growing disappointment in the middle class.

• Friday, September 21st 2012 - 06:23 UTC

  Brazilian middle class expected to move a trillion dollars this year

  

  Brazil's middle class which now numbers 104 million equivalent to 53% of total population (38% ten years ago), is likely to move 1 trillion Reais this year (approx a trillion dollars), government estimates show.

• Wednesday, April 20th 2011 - 02:49 UTC

  Latin America rapidly becoming a middle-class continent, according to ECLAC

  

  Latin America’s middle class increased by 56 million since 1999 with a direct consequence on consumption patterns and demand for government policies, according to a report in the latest edition of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin American and the Caribbean, ECLAC Review.