Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2019

Download or read book Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2019 written by United Nations and published by United Nations. This book was released on 2019-10-02 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication outlines the region’s economic performance in 2018 and analyses trends in the early months of 2019, as well as the outlook for the rest of the year. It examines the external and domestic factors that have influenced the region’s economic performance, analyses the characteristics of growth, prices and the labour market, and draws attention to some of the macroeconomic policy challenges of the prevailing external conditions, amid mounting uncertainty stemming mainly from political factors. It analyses the dynamics of investment and its determinants, with a view to identifying the different variables on which public policy can act to influence the trajectory of investment.