Where have all the Spaniards gone? – BBC News 10-03-14

On October 3, 2014   /   Brazil Economy, Chile Economy, Europe Economy, IMF, Latin America, Panama, Peru Economy, Spain Economy  

Salient to Investors: Fundacion Alternativas said 700,000 Spaniards left Spain between 2008 and 2012. The National Statistics Institute reports 547,890 left in 2013, 79,306 of them Spanish nationals born in Spain. Spaniards are fleeing 25% unemployment and flocking to Latin America, including Brazil, where language barriers are few, the cost of

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Markets punish South America’s Bad and Ugly economies – BBC News 02-02-14

On February 2, 2014   /   Argentina Economy, Brazil Economy, Chile Economy, Columbia Economy, Indonesia Economy, Mexico Economy, Peru Economy, South Africa Economy, Turkey Economy  

Salient to Investors: Investors are abandoning emerging economies, good and bad, for the US. Morgan Stanley said Brazil, Indonesia, India, South Africa and Turkey are the Fragile Five – all with large deficits, slowing growth and vulnerable currencies. Argentina is generally credited with starting the general panic after playing fast and

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Latin America Disappoints After Squandering Commodity Boom – Bloomberg 05-29-13

On May 29, 2013   /   Brazil Economy, Chile Economy, Columbia Economy, IMF, Latin America, Mexico Economy, OECD, Peru Economy  

Salient to Investors: Latin America is disappointing investors, economists and businesses with slower-than-forecast growth as waning commodity prices and strong currencies hit nations that failed to diversify and become more competitive. Economists cut Brazil’s 2013 outlook for the second time in 7 days, forecasting the worst 3-year period in a decade.

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