Why Latin America Needs Lower Deficits And Stronger Fiscal Rules – Analysis
Public debt in Latin America’s major economies is on pace to average 55 percent of gross domestic product this year,
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Author: Rodrigo Valdés
Rodrigo Valdés, a national of Chile, is director of the Western Hemisphere Department since May 2023. Prior to this, Rodrigo was a professor of economics in the School of Government at the Catholic University of Chile. He also held the position of Chile's Minister of Finance from 2015 to 2017. He spent several years in Chile's public sector serving in various leading positions both at the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank, where he was Director of Research and Chief Economist responsible for producing the Bank's Monetary Policy Report and overseeing macroeconomic analysis
Articles by Rodrigo Valdés :
Breaking Latin America’s Cycle Of Low Growth And Violence – Analysis
Violent crime and insecurity have a disproportionate impact on Latin America and the Caribbean, with severe consequences for socioeconomic development.
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Trade Balances In China And The US Are Largely Driven By Domestic Macro Forces – Analysis
Worries that China’s external surpluses result from industrial policies reflect an incomplete view China’s widening trade surplus and the growing US
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Latin America’s Shifting Demographics Could Undercut Growth – Analysis
Latin America’s workforce grew by nearly 50 percent in the two decades before the pandemic, helping boost economic growth. Now
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Latin America Can Boost Economic Growth By Reducing Crime – Analysis
Crime and violence have long been a top-of-mind concern for households across Latin America and the Caribbean. The region accounts
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Investments That Pay Off: Latin America’s Response To Recent Global Shocks – Analysis
“This time it wasn’t us,” Guillermo Ortiz, then governor of Mexico’s central bank, said at the 2008 start of the
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