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Showing posts with label economic stability and growth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label economic stability and growth. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Venezuela businesses brace for more price controls

CARACAS, Venezuela — New rules aimed at curbing Venezuela's high inflation by broadening government price controls will scare off investors and hurt consumers, the president of ountry's largest business chamber predicted Monday.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Optimistic excess on Latin America

“Will 2011 be the dawn of the Latin American decade?” asked the headline of a Standard & Poor’s webcast that piqued my curiosity last week. When I saw it, I wondered whether the Wall Street ratings firm was making a big blunder, or I was missing the biggest economic story in the region.

The Standard & Poor’s headline was only the latest of several optimistic reports about Latin America’s economies. All of a sudden, Latin America is becoming — after China and India — an emerging economic star.