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Latin America And The Caribbean: Back On Track
A nascent global recovery is improving prospects across Latin America and the Caribbean—albeit unevenly.
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Author: Tiziana Barghini
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Latin America And The Caribbean: Stormy Recovery Path
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Latin America Back On Track
A nascent global recovery is improving prospects across Latin America and the Caribbean—albeit unevenly.Foreign direct investment is increasing, commodity prices have bottomed out, and six countries will hold presidential elections through the end of October.
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Stormy Recovery Path for the Caribbean
Despite hurricane damage, average economic growth in the Caribbean is expected to top the Latin American average according to the IMF. However, Dominica's GDP is expected to decline and weak growth is likely in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands where pre-existing macroeconomic weaknesses were compounded by storm damage.
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