End of preview - This article contains approximately 612 words.
Subscribers: Log in now to read the full article
Not a Subscriber?
Choose from one of the following options
Back
Economy & Business - July 2023
HAITI: IMF issues strangely upbeat report
Haiti is in the middle of a humanitarian crisis, with street gangs controlling large parts of the economy amid reports of continuing recession, rising inflation, and widespread poverty and food insecurity. Yet on 30 May the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the country’s Staff Monitored Programme (SMP) which it claimed, “has helped maintain macroeconomic stability”.
- Challenges ahead for Mexico’s new labour minister
- ECUADOR: Pendulum swing likely in snap elections
- VENEZUELA: More allies to help counter impact of sanctions
- COLOMBIA: The pros and cons of a stalled agenda
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
- CHILE: Boric’s all-or-nothing tax reform
- URUGUAY: Big hydrogen project for small country
- BRAZIL: Lula cracks down on illegal gold rush
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
- HONDURAS: Rolling blackouts announced as energy shortages bite
- EL SALVADOR: Government pushes forward with bitcoin mining plans
- HAITI: IMF issues strangely upbeat report
- THE BAHAMAS: PM claims finances improving
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
- MEXICO: Gov’t pushes for investment in Isthmus of Tehuantepec
- MEXICO: CFE struggles to meet growing power demand
- MEXICO: Teachers’ strike underlines failings of approach to education
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS