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The 2024 Article IV Consultation with Belize highlights that real gross domestic product growth and inflation moderated … in 2023. Belize's key policy priorities include raising the primary balance with revenue mobilization and expenditure …
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This Selected Issues paper studies inflation dynamics in Belize with the goal of quantifying the role of external and … the historical variation and the recent surge in Belize's inflation. Global factors explain most of the recent surge in … inflation in Belize and are projected to reduce inflation going forward. An estimated Phillips curve also finds that external …
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This 2023 Article IV Consultation discusses that economic activity has rebounded strongly from the pandemic in Belize …
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This Selected Issues paper assesses the current strength of the balance sheets of large banks in Belize and takes stock …
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The COVID-19 pandemic had a severe impact on Belize in 2020, leading to a 16.7 percent contraction in real GDP and a …
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Colombia's economy rebounded strongly in 2021 with 10.6 percent growth led by pent-up domestic demand, notably private consumption. Around 66 percent of the population is fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as of end-February and the economy continues to reopen more fully. While GDP has already...
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An economic recovery is underway in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) but the pandemic still casts shadows on much of the region. The recovery was robust in the first quarter of 2021 but lost momentum in some countries in the second quarter, reflecting the rebound in COVID-19 cases. Real GDP...
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This 2014 Article IV Consultation highlights that Brazil’s growth has decelerated in recent years. The boost from decade-old reforms, expanding labor income, and favorable external conditions, which enabled consumption and credit-led growth and underpinned sustained poverty reduction, has lost...
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This Selected Issues paper examines infrastructure investment in Brazil. Brazil has inferior overall infrastructure quality relative to almost all its export competitors. Brazil’s infrastructure endowment ranks low by international standards, and its low quality affects productivity, market...
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