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Latin America Consumer Price index: Argentina is feverish
Unlike its Latin American brothers, Argentina shows a clear tendency to high inflation rates. Meanwhile countries like Bolivia estimate a monthly printing of -1.84% accumulated for 2020, Argentina's register was of 28.29% (almost sixteen times more)
PricesLatin AmericaLatin America EMBI: Argentina's uptrend
In response to the uncertainty brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, Latin America's economies showed an increase in their sovereign spread, with Argentina having the second-highest rate (4,361 bps, lower than Venezuela's 3,500 bps). As the year went through and the pandemic's first wave winded down, LAC's risk premia moved downward and, eventually, stabilized.
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LAC - MONTHLY ACTIVITY INDEX: The light at the end of the road
After the big fall caused by the COVID-19 break out in April 2020, South American economies fell sharply. Nowadays, most of them are mostly recovered and show similar pre-pandemic numbers. Although not all economies are fully recovered. Perú, which economy fell the most, recovered by leaps