LEADER 06112oam 22014294 450 001 9910824820903321 005 20240402051624.0 010 $a1-4623-7543-X 010 $a1-4527-3621-9 010 $a1-283-53359-6 010 $a1-4519-4835-2 010 $a9786613846044 035 $a(CKB)2470000000001369 035 $a(EBL)1608489 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000089220 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11113358 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000089220 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10089240 035 $a(PQKB)10427453 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1608489 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1608489 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10300237 035 $a(OCoLC)858884629 035 $a(IMF)REOEE2007004 035 $a(IMF)REOEA2007004 035 $a(EXLCZ)992470000000001369 100 $a20020129d2007 uf 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRegional Economic Outlook, April 2007, Western Hemisphere 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cInternational Monetary Fund,$d2007. 215 $a1 online resource (45 p.) 225 1 $aRegional Economic Outlook 300 $a"April 2007." 311 $a1-58906-642-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aMonetary 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 327 $aAppendix: Modeling the Impact of External Shocks on Latin America References 330 3 $aThe past year has been one of strong economic performance for the Western Hemisphere, notwithstanding somewhat slower growth in the United States in recent quarters. Can this performance be sustained, and what challenges does the region face? Reviewing macroeconomic prospects and risks, this report pays particular attention to the influence of the external environment on Latin America, and addresses the question of whether Latin America has now succeeded in breaking with its history of periodic growth reversals. 410 0$aRegional Economic Outlook 606 $aEconomic forecasting$zNorth America 606 $aEconomic forecasting$zLatin America 606 $aEconomic forecasting$zCaribbean Area 606 $aExports and Imports$2imf 606 $aFinance: General$2imf 606 $aMacroeconomics$2imf 606 $aPublic Finance$2imf 606 $aProduction and Operations Management$2imf 606 $aCommodity Markets$2imf 606 $aGeneral Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)$2imf 606 $aMacroeconomics: Production$2imf 606 $aProduction$2imf 606 $aCost$2imf 606 $aCapital and Total Factor Productivity$2imf 606 $aCapacity$2imf 606 $aDebt$2imf 606 $aDebt Management$2imf 606 $aSovereign Debt$2imf 606 $aHousing Supply and Markets$2imf 606 $aFinance$2imf 606 $aPublic finance & taxation$2imf 606 $aInternational economics$2imf 606 $aProperty & real estate$2imf 606 $aCommodity prices$2imf 606 $aProductivity$2imf 606 $aTotal factor productivity$2imf 606 $aPublic debt$2imf 606 $aHousing prices$2imf 606 $aPrices$2imf 606 $aIndustrial productivity$2imf 606 $aDebts, Public$2imf 606 $aHousing$2imf 606 $aFinancial services industry$2imf 607 $aNorth America$xEconomic conditions 607 $aLatin America$xEconomic conditions 607 $aCaribbean Area$xEconomic conditions 607 $aUnited States$2imf 615 0$aEconomic forecasting 615 0$aEconomic forecasting 615 0$aEconomic forecasting 615 7$aExports and Imports 615 7$aFinance: General 615 7$aMacroeconomics 615 7$aPublic Finance 615 7$aProduction and Operations Management 615 7$aCommodity Markets 615 7$aGeneral Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data) 615 7$aMacroeconomics: Production 615 7$aProduction 615 7$aCost 615 7$aCapital and Total Factor Productivity 615 7$aCapacity 615 7$aDebt 615 7$aDebt Management 615 7$aSovereign Debt 615 7$aHousing Supply and Markets 615 7$aFinance 615 7$aPublic finance & taxation 615 7$aInternational economics 615 7$aProperty & real estate 615 7$aCommodity prices 615 7$aProductivity 615 7$aTotal factor productivity 615 7$aPublic debt 615 7$aHousing prices 615 7$aPrices 615 7$aIndustrial productivity 615 7$aDebts, Public 615 7$aHousing 615 7$aFinancial services industry 676 $a337.17 712 02$aInternational Monetary Fund. 801 0$bDcWaIMF 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824820903321 996 $aRegional Economic Outlook, April 2007, Western Hemisphere$93933735 997 $aUNINA