... February and was 0.9% lower than a year earlier. Meanwhile, the rise in the economic activity indicator slowed to 0.3% on the month in February, although it indicated that activity was 2.6% up on the ...  |  read more...

... foreign investors. These reports have been recently updated to include more practical data. The business environment rankings allow comparisons to be made quickly and easily on business conditions in different countries. The labour market forecasts ...  |  read more...

... spending, and liberalised import policiesresult in a greater net export drag on real GDP growth. That said,we forecast that base effects and greater competitiveness will boostreal GDP growth to 3.0% in 2014. We expect Argentina's ...  |  read more...

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... of information on: clothing retail sales; employment; exports by destination; imports by source and product; investments; government initiatives; developments in the region; and production. The report presents a wealth of information and is essential for ...  |  read more...

... service measures political, economic policy, economic structure and liquidity risks as well as currency, sovereign debt and banking sector risks. In-depth forecasts are provided for up to 180 macroeconomic variables for each country. Benefits of ...  |  read more...

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... the main drag being lower output in the automobile sector (down 9.6% year-on-year) reflecting a fall in demand from Brazil. On an annual basis, industrial output rose just 2.2%. For 2012 we still expect GDP ...  |  read more...

... 7.6% in November (and to 7.1% in Q4 from 9.3% in Q3), but the 2011 average was still strong at 8.8%. For 2012 we forecast GDP growth will moderate to 4%, held down by weaker ...  |  read more...

... Q3 was driven by vigorous consumer spending, high commodity prices and strong demand from Brazil and China. As a result of the buoyant activity, the unemployment rate fell to 7.2% in Q3 from 7.3% in ...  |  read more...

... has been resilient to the global slowdown, the impact of slower growth in Brazil and global financial woes will dampen activity in Q4 and 2012. Given the still strong pace recorded in Q3, we now ...  |  read more...