Just a little bit less bad

by Canning House Associate Fellow Andrew Thompson

Every week, Andrew Thompson draws on his great wealth of knowledge and experience of Latin America to bring our audience in-depth insights on economics, political risk, and business in the region.

This week, he considers what the conclusions of IMF's World Economic Outlook could mean for Latin America into the 2020s, especially in the contrasting cases of Brazil and Mexico.

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What happened?

The IMF has published its October World Economic Outlook (WEO) which tells a rather gloomy story for the global economy, and outlines an even tougher narrative for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

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