06092oam 22014174 450 991078074530332120230721024319.01-4623-7543-X1-4527-3621-91-283-53359-61-4519-4835-29786613846044(CKB)2470000000001369(EBL)1608489(SSID)ssj0000089220(PQKBManifestationID)11113358(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000089220(PQKBWorkID)10089240(PQKB)10427453(MiAaPQ)EBC1608489(Au-PeEL)EBL1608489(CaPaEBR)ebr10300237(OCoLC)858884629(IMF)REOEE2007004(IMF)REOEA2007004(EXLCZ)99247000000000136920020129d2007 uf 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrRegional Economic Outlook, April 2007, Western HemisphereWashington, D.C. :International Monetary Fund,2007.1 online resource (45 p.)Regional Economic Outlook"April 2007."1-58906-642-1 Includes bibliographical references.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 DevelopmentsMonetary 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 IndicatorsAppendix: Modeling the Impact of External Shocks on Latin America ReferencesThe 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.Regional Economic OutlookEconomic forecastingNorth AmericaEconomic forecastingLatin AmericaEconomic forecastingCaribbean AreaExports and ImportsimfFinance: GeneralimfMacroeconomicsimfPublic FinanceimfProduction and Operations ManagementimfCommodity MarketsimfGeneral Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)imfMacroeconomics: ProductionimfProductionimfCostimfCapital and Total Factor ProductivityimfCapacityimfDebtimfDebt ManagementimfSovereign DebtimfHousing Supply and MarketsimfFinanceimfPublic finance & taxationimfInternational economicsimfProperty & real estateimfCommodity pricesimfProductivityimfTotal factor productivityimfPublic debtimfHousing pricesimfPricesimfIndustrial productivityimfDebts, PublicimfHousingimfFinancial services industryimfNorth AmericaEconomic conditionsLatin AmericaEconomic conditionsCaribbean AreaEconomic conditionsUnited StatesimfEconomic forecastingEconomic forecastingEconomic forecastingExports and ImportsFinance: GeneralMacroeconomicsPublic FinanceProduction and Operations ManagementCommodity MarketsGeneral Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)Macroeconomics: ProductionProductionCostCapital and Total Factor ProductivityCapacityDebtDebt ManagementSovereign DebtHousing Supply and MarketsFinancePublic finance & taxationInternational economicsProperty & real estateCommodity pricesProductivityTotal factor productivityPublic debtHousing pricesPricesIndustrial productivityDebts, PublicHousingFinancial services industry337.17International Monetary Fund.DcWaIMFBOOK9910780745303321Regional Economic Outlook, April 2007, Western Hemisphere3807567UNINA