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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780745303321

Titolo

Regional Economic Outlook, April 2007, Western Hemisphere

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2007

ISBN

1-4623-7543-X

1-4527-3621-9

1-283-53359-6

1-4519-4835-2

9786613846044

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (45 p.)

Collana

Regional Economic Outlook

Disciplina

337.17

Soggetti

Economic forecasting - North America

Economic forecasting - Latin America

Economic forecasting - Caribbean Area

Exports and Imports

Finance: General

Macroeconomics

Public Finance

Production and Operations Management

Commodity Markets

General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)

Macroeconomics: Production

Production

Cost

Capital and Total Factor Productivity

Capacity

Debt

Debt Management

Sovereign Debt

Housing Supply and Markets

Finance

Public finance & taxation

International economics

Property & real estate

Commodity prices

Productivity

Total factor productivity

Public debt



Housing prices

Prices

Industrial productivity

Debts, Public

Housing

Financial services industry

North America Economic conditions

Latin America Economic conditions

Caribbean Area Economic conditions

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"April 2007."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Executive Summary; I. The Global Economy and the Outlook for the United States and Canada; The Global Context; The Outlook for the United States and Canada; Boxes; 1. The Slowdown in the U.S. Housing Market; II. The Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean; Main Developments and Prospects; 2. Brazil: Revision of National Accounts; 3. The Caribbean: Growth and Fiscal Effects of the 2007 Cricket World Cup; 4. Peru's New Economic Reform Program; Financial Sector; 5. Offshore-Licensed Financial Entities in Central America and the Dominican Republic; External Developments

Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies Fiscal Policy; III. The Effect of the External Environment on Growth in Latin America; Alternative World Growth Paths; Alternative Commodity Price Assumptions; Tighter Emerging Market Financing Conditions; A Combined Assessment; IV. Sustaining the Expansion and Raising Long-Term Growth; Toward Higher Long-Term Productivity Growth; 6. Productivity, Investment, and Employment in the Current Expansion; 7. Education Quality, Human Capital, and Growth in Latin America; Sustaining the Expansion; Main Economic Indicators

Appendix: Modeling the Impact of External Shocks on Latin America References

Sommario/riassunto

The past year has been one of strong economic performance for the Western Hemisphere, notwithstanding somewhat slower growth in the United States in recent quarters. Can this performance be sustained, and what challenges does the region face? Reviewing macroeconomic prospects and risks, this report pays particular attention to the influence of the external environment on Latin America, and addresses the question of whether Latin America has now succeeded in breaking with its history of periodic growth reversals.