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Currency depreciation risks in South America
Aileen Barrameda is planning to buy a house in Los Angeles in the coming months. Stubbornly high mortgage rates - twice what she locked in at the start of the coronavirus pandemic - are not putting her off.

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Dollarization pressures in Central America
Several Central American economies are experiencing renewed pressures toward dollarization as exchange rate volatility, inflationary pressures, and external debt burdens weigh on monetary stability. While El Salvador fully dollarized its economy more than two decades ago, countries like Honduras, Nicaragua,,

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Commodity price volatility and regional growth
Latin America and the Caribbean remain highly sensitive to swings in global commodity markets, with price volatility directly shaping growth prospects across the region. Countries dependent on oil, copper, soybeans, and coffee face particular challenges as shifting demand from China,

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Trump’s economic promises to Black voters fall short after a modest shift in support for him in 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — At one of his final rallies before the 2024 election, then-candidate Donald Trump warned that Black Americans were losing their jobs in droves and that things would get even worse if he did not return to the White House.