Informe mensual, Resumen - Argentina: el lento descenso

La sorpresa del mes. El lento descenso de la actividad económica. Afinando a los gemelos. ¿Están los activos de Argentina sobrevendidos? Noticias del mundo (en 10 instantáneas) ¿Qué sigue?

Come together: Financial recoupling in emerging markets and the “benchmark effect”

In the 2000s, emerging economies reduced their business cycle co-movement with G7 economies. Did this macroeconomic autonomy enhance the relevance of local fundamentals as drivers of emerging market returns? This column argues it did not, due to the role of benchmarked institutional investors.

Weekly Monytor N14 - May 7th, 2012

Weekly summary of the main monetary and financial variables in Argentina and the world.

Monthly Report - Argentina's slow descent

This month's surprise. The slow descent of economic activity. Fine tuning the twins. Have Argentine assets oversold? News from the world: The globe in 10 snapshots. What's next?

All Together Now: The Challenge of Regional Integration

It has been a good ride. After the dismal 1990s, the 2000s were something of a revelation. If anything, it appears that this decade, rather than marking the culmination of a virtuous process, poses a challenge. After working out the macrofinancial constraints that thwarted development policies in the past, can these countries address the pending tasks and issues that are critical to consolidate their gains and keep up the momentum? We have tackled some of these issues in past editions of the Brookings Latin American Economic Perspectives. In this edition, we concentrate on another economic dimension on which the region is falling behind: commercial integration. Our comparative analyses reveal that, in both the depth and quality of regional integration, the LAC economies are lagging from their emerging peers in Asia.