OECD: Global economy strengthening but significant risks remain

The global economy will strengthen over the coming two years, but urgent action is still required to further reduce unemployment and address other legacies from the crisis, according to the OECD’s latest Economic Outlook.  “Advanced economies are gaining momentum and driving the pick-up in global growth, while once-stalled cylinders of the economic engine, like investment and trade, are starting to fire again,” OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría said while launching the Outlook during the Organisation’s annual Ministerial Council Meeting and Forum in Paris.

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Latin American and Caribbean Growth Will Be 3.5% in 2013

Latin American and Caribbean countries will grow by 3.5% in 2013, thanks to buoyant internal demand and the improved performance of Argentina and Brazil compared with 2012, according to the new projections presented today by ECLAC ("Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean") on it's "Updated economic overview of Latin America and the Caribbean 2012".

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IMF: Good projections for the chilean economy

4.9 percent will grow the chilean economy in 2012, acording to the World Economic Outlook report, published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) analyzing global and regional situations.  In the same report, the organism projects a 4.6 percent in 2014 in the same indicator for our country, giving a positive perspective in the evolution of this macroeconomic indicator for the next two years.

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