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  • lucascosta93

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    A short guide to Peruvian macro data

    Interested in activity, prices, monetary, fiscal, external sector, and financial data for Peru? There are loads of datasets, see for example this Repository which has official statistics from INEI and BCRP. However, this short guide will help you find the our "must-see" datasets. Peru Country Profile Dashboard The starting point is our Peru Macro Dashboard, a fully automatized Dashboard presenting up-to-date data. You can catch a glimpse and get a broad idea of the latest developments. The Charts are fully integrated with our datasets, so if you want to replicate any of them, you can download the source Dataset, or just click the button “Clone Chart” to reproduce the Chart inside our Platform. The main sources for the data used on this Dashboard come from the Central Bank of Peru (BCRP), the National Institute of Statistics and Information (INEI) and Peru's Ministry of Economy and Finances (MEF). The data is fully integrated with our database which means once the sources release the data, our database will be instantaneously updated on our platform. Our Dashboard contains five sections: Activity, Prices, Money and Banking, Fiscal, External Sector and Financial. Activity To track the economic activity of the Peruvian Economy, you can monitor...

  • lucascosta93

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    A short guide to Peru macro data

    **Interested in activity, prices, monetary, fiscal, external sector, and financial data for Brazil? There are more than 400 datasets for Brazil (See for example this Repository).** If you look for data about Brazil, you will probably find it there. However, this short guide will help you find the basic "must-see" datasets. Brazil Country Profile Dashboard The starting point is our Brazil Country Profile Dashboard, a fully automatized Dashboard presenting up-to-date data. You can catch a glimpse and get a broad idea of the latest developments. The Charts are fully integrated with our datasets, so if you want to replicate any of them, you can download the source Dataset, or just click the button “Clone Chart” to reproduce the Chart inside our Platform. The main sources for the data used on this Dashboard come from the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the Central Bank of Brazil and the National Treasury Secretary (STN). The data is fully integrated with our database which means once the sources release the data, our database will be instantaneously updated on our platform. Our Dashboard contains five sections: Activity, Prices, Money and Banking, Fiscal, External Sector and Financial. Activity To track the economic activity of...

  • lucascosta93

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    A short guide to Brazilian macro data

    **Interested in activity, prices, monetary, fiscal, external sector, and financial data for Brazil? There are more than 400 datasets for Brazil (See for example this Repository).** If you look for data about Brazil, you will probably find it there. However, this short guide will help you find the basic "must-see" datasets. Brazil Country Profile Dashboard The starting point is our Brazil Country Profile Dashboard, a fully automatized Dashboard presenting up-to-date data. You can catch a glimpse and get a broad idea of the latest developments. The Charts are fully integrated with our datasets, so if you want to replicate any of them, you can download the source Dataset, or just click the button “Clone Chart” to reproduce the Chart inside our Platform. The main sources for the data used on this Dashboard come from the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the Central Bank of Brazil and the National Treasury Secretary (STN). The data is fully integrated with our database which means once the sources release the data, our database will be instantaneously updated on our platform. Our Dashboard contains five sections: Activity, Prices, Money and Banking, Fiscal, External Sector and Financial. Activity To track the economic activity of...

  • lucascosta93

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    Alphacast Highlight - Peru: Activity contracts 1.3% in March

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    Want to connect inflation data to Excel? Click here. Peru monthly GDP estimate, produced by INEI, showed a 1.3 % contraction during March. It is the second contraction in a row (-0.3% in February), indicating that the Peruvian economy is showing signs of stagnation due to the worsening condition on the external sector, in the sense of the Ukranian War and the China economic slowdown, and the higher inflation. Trade contracted 13.7% in March, Fishing, 3.7 % and Oil and Gas Extraction and Mining contracted 2.29 %. Construction and Manufacture grew 4.51% and 0.79 % respectively. Despite the recent slowdown, Peru is one of the countries that registered the highest rates of growth in the last decade (30 %), falling behind only to Colombia. However most of this growth happened before the pandemic. During the pandemic, Peru registered the largest drop of the region and since it's recovery it has been struggling to return to its pre-pandemic growth trend. Related content: - Click here to access the INEI- Monthly GDP...

  • lucascosta93

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    Brazilian Exchange Rate

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    by Robin Brooks "We're in the middle of a disorderly rise in long-term US real yields, which is weighing on all EM, including Brazil's Real. The more disorderly this gets, the shorter it will last, because the Fed will be forced to backtrack. So our Brazilian Real $/BRL fair value stays at 4.50." Related Datasets Monetary - Brazil - BCB - Exchange...

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    Brazil Activity Index

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    By BTG Pactual "Brazil: IBC-Br +0.34% in February m/m, below expectations (0.4%), with an upward revision in the previous month (from -1.0% to -0.73%), according to BTG economists. Services Sector -0.2% m/m, below market expectations, and Expanded Retail +2.0%, above expectations." Related Datasets Activity - Brazil - BCB - Gross Domestic...

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    Back to Normal

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    by Lisa Abramowicz "U.S. consumers are approaching a cracking point. Savings are falling. Food and energy prices account for an estimated 20% of household outlays. Monthly mortgage payments have risen to more than 20% of incomes: Natixis, RBC data" Related Datasets Activity - USA - BEA - Personal Income and Its Disposition -...

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    BRL Exchange Rate

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    by Robin Brooks "Wow! The Brazilian Real USD/BRL exchange rate is back to the 4.91 low of June 2021. Back then, the rally came as markets focused on the big disconnect between sky-high commodity prices and a very weak Real. It's the same now, only super-charged. Our fair value remains $/BRL 4.50..." Related Datasets Monetary - Brazil - BCB - Exchange...

  • lucascosta93

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    Alphacast Debt Sustainability Analysis Tool

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    Contents: - Introducing a new tool for economic analysis - Example 1: Brazil's debt looks sustainable - Example 2: Peru in need of fiscal adjustment - Methodological appendix Introducing a new tool for economic analysis Alphacast has integrated into it's platform a Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) Tool. Basically, this tool can help you forecast the Debt/GDP ratio of a country, taking into account specific characteristics such as growth, inflation, interest rates on domestic and foreign debt, exchange rate depreciation and primary surplus. The tool also applies shocks to generate a fan-chart style chart so it can account for uncertainty into the forecasts (see the Appendix for more information). It will take literally less than a minute to generate charts just like this one below. Click here for a detailed explanation on how to use our new tool. Read below some examples to illustrate how to use this tool to produce your own analysis. Example 1: Brazil's debt looks sustainable Over the past few years, Brazil has registered consecutive primary deficits and low growth rates. Recently, the government tried to reduce its primary deficit, so they could put public debt on a sustainable path again. Interesting to note, Brazil has a...

  • lucascosta93

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    How to use Alphacast's DSA Tool

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    This is a quick, step by step, guide on how to implement a DSA using Alphacast's pipelines. First, you need to open the pipeline tool. Select the repository you want the pipeline to be in and give a name to your pipeline. After that just click on "Create". Then, you have to select your input dataset. This dataset must contain the historical annual data for the following variables: real GDP growth, the variation of the GDP deflator, the Debt/GDP ratio, the exchange rate devaluation of the exchange rate between the local currency and the US Dollar, the implicit interest rate of the domestic Public Debt, the implicit interest rate of the foreign Public Debt and the ratio of the foreign Public Debt and the total Public Debt. If you are interested in analyzing LAC countries, you can use the same dataset used in our example. Check its contents here. Just type the dataset, select it, and save the first step. On the next step, you need to select the option "Debt Sustainability Analysis". After selecting the country you want to analyze (this will be based on your dataset), you must define the baseline forecasts. This can be based on your...

  • lucascosta93

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    Mexico GDP

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    by Tony Payan "Mexico's economy decelerated fast at the end of 2021. This effectively means that Mr. #lopezobrador's term will be a net loss for Mexico's economy. There will not only have been no growth; the Mexican economy will have shrunk in size over this period. This is tragic." Related Dataset Activity - Mexico - INEGI - Monthly Gross Domestic Product...

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    LATAM's GDP

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    by Robin Brooks "LatAm cumulative real GDP growth: Q3 '11 - Q3 '21 Peru: +39% Chile: +33% Colombia: +33% Uruguay: +15% Mexico: +14% Ecuador: +13% Brazil: +3% Argentina: -3%" Related Datasets Activity - Peru - INEI - Gross Domestic Product - Supply approach Activity - Chile - INE - Gross Domestic Product - Expenditure approach Activity - Colombia - DANE - Gross Domestic Product - Expenditure approach - Quarterly Activity - Mexico - INEGI - Gross Domestic Product - Quarterly - Supply and Demand (2013 Base) Activity - Brazil - IBGE - GDP - Quarterly Activity - Argentina - INDEC - Gross Domestic Product - Grouped -...

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    S&P 500 and US 10 years yield

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    by Robin Brooks "The Achilles heel of any Fed tightening cycle is financial dominance. Real 10-year yield is up from -1.1% end-2021 to -0.7% now, i.e. still very negative (orange). But S&P 500 at one point yesterday was down over 10% year-to-date (white). Does the Fed have the stomach for this?" Related Datasets Financial - Global - Rates - Yield curves Financial - Global - Equity Indexes -...

  • lucascosta93

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    Brazil Consumer Prices Inflation in January

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    by Fábio Talhari "Good morning friends! The IPCA-15 is out for the month of January: 0.58%. Markets were projecting something around 0.4 to 0.45%. Even so, it came lower than that of December 2021, which was 0.78%. The trajectory is downward, but with less inclination. Accumulated in 12 months at 10.2%." Related Datasets [Prices - Brazil - IBGE - Consumer Prices...

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    Mexico and US Real GDP

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    by Robin Brooks "What's worrying about Mexico's latest GDP data is that they show a return to flatlining growth, which means a return to the status quo pre-COVID. Growth averaged 2.7% per year from 2010-17. It started flatlining in 2018 and COVID, by tightening financial conditions, didn't help." Related Datasets [Activity - Mexico - INEGI - Gross Domestic Product - Quarterly - Supply and Demand (2013 Base) ](https://charts.alphacast.io/datasets/9791) Activity - USA - BEA - Gross Domestic...

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    USA: Employment Cost Index

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    by Liz Ann Sonders "Wage story always important when analyzing #inflation … Employment Cost Index rose 1% q/q in 4Q21 (annual change was strong at +4%, highest since early-2000s), but key is to look at productivity; if unit labor costs don’t soar, there should be some downward pressure on inflation" Related Datasets Labour & Income - USA - BLS - Employment Cost...

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    Brazil: SELIC Interest Rate and Inflation

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    by Rafaela Vitoria "Copom says that the next increase will depend on the evolution of the scenario. What can make the high be less than 100 and be the last one: weaker activity exchange better than expected (Focus still R$5.60) falling energy cost (better hydrology) tax with positive surprises" Related Datasets Monetary - Brazil - COPOM - SELIC Interest Rate Target Prices - Brazil - IBGE - Consumer...