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‘Massa Is Not Messi’; Argentina’s Bond Buyback An Unlikely Win, Goldman Sachs Says

Alberto Ramos, the US investment bank’s head of macroeconomic research for Latin America, tells Bloomberg Línea that Argentina’s economy minister is unlikely to score a win with his bond buyback plan

By Francisco Aldaya

Guyana Poised to Post World’s Highest GDP Growth

One of Latin America’s smallest countries could see 100% growth of its gross domestic product by end-2023 compared with two years earlier

Brazil Will Propose IMF’s Ilan Goldfajn to Lead Lender IDB

Brazilian Economy Minister Paulo Guedes told his US counterpart Janet Yellen about the decision to nominate Goldfajn to lead Latin America’s top development bank last week

10 Charts to Gig the Global Economy: IMF Warns of Deteriorating Outlook

Here are some of the charts that appeared on Bloomberg this week on the latest developments in the global economy:

IMF Revises Latin America 2022 Forecast Upward, But Sees Slower Growth in 2023

The new forecast estimates 3.5% growth for this year, but with a slowdown toward year’s end and in 2023, while “the worst is still to come” at a global level

A $4-Trillion Gap Haunts Global Finance Leaders on Eve of Washington Meeting

The current confluence of economic, climate and security crises makes it unlike anything global policymakers have seen since 1945

Argentina to Launch ‘Tech Dollar’, Mulls Flexible Exchange Rate for Freelancers

The country’s economy minister, Sergio Massa, is working on a new currency exchange scheme for the knowledge economy, with a plan to be unveiled on October 3

Chile Gets $18.5 Billion IMF Credit Line to Face Global Risks

The announcement comes less than four months after Chile agreed to a smaller $3.5 billion loan facility with the IMF

Former Negotiator in Argentina to Lead IMF-Ukraine Talks

It isn’t clear that Ukraine will be able to get any IMF money at all, based on a central institutional tenet that a country borrowing from the fund have a clear path for repaying the organization so that it can lend to the next nation

Economy Declines in US, Rises in Europe, Shows Mixed Results in LatAm

The IMF cut its global growth outlook for this year and next, warning that the world economy may soon be on the cusp of an outright recession

IMF Will Slash Global Growth Prospect ‘Substantially’ at New Review

The IMF already downgraded its outlook for the global expansion this year to 3.6%, from 4.4% before the war in Ukraine

Argentina Seen Struggling to Comply With IMF Targets

The country is facing its first test since reaching a new agreement with the International Monetary Fund and may have difficulty in complying with three goals set out by the lender, analysts say

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