Brazil was hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, which by end-June 2020 had killed close to 60,000 people and had virtually halted the economy. Before the pandemic, Brazil was still slowly recovering from the 2015-2016 economi🐻c recession. ...

Chile is a relatively small economy, ranking 43rd glob✤ally and fifth in Latin America in 2019 according to the IMF. However, its retail sector 💖is well developed, mature and sophisticated, and in many aspects on a par with those of developed countries ...

The extraction of oil and gas is one of Argentina’s main econo🌌mic sectors, accounting for 8% of GDP and 2.5% of exports in 2019, as well as 1% of total employment at the end of that year. After a decadeဣ of underinvestment, the production of ...

2019 was a challenging peri𓂃od for the banking sector in Argentina. Starting in A💙pril 2018, an economic contraction unfolded, continuing throughout 2019, deteriorating business activity. A sharp devaluation of the Argentine peso and a jump in ...

Iꦏn 2019, motor vehicle output and sales in Brazil expanded for the third consecutive year, thanks to the recovery of the economy from the 2015-2016 recession, the improving labour market and declining borrowing costs. However, sector growth ...

Brazil ranks among the leading global chemical markets, accounting for 2.6% of the industry’s total net sales in 2018 and ranking sixth in the world. In 2019, sectoral turnover fell🀅 by 4.2% y/y to USD 118.7bn, as the local economy posted its ...

In 2019, retail sales in Brazil expanded for the third year in a row, by 1.8% y/y in volume terms due t💦o the improving labour market and🐷 declining borrowing costs, which supported the disposable income of the population. Additional positive factors ...

Mexico is the second largest economy in Latin America in terms of nominal GDP, and thereby 🐽a key consumer market in the region with a population of over 126mn as of December 2019. Over th🦩e period 2014-2019, the retail trade sector performed well, ...

Brazil's power consumption accelerated sl🃏owly in 2017 andဣ 2018, going hand in hand with the sluggish recovery of domestic economy. In addition, as of late 2019 businessmen and investors were still evaluating the commitment and ability of president ...

The direct and indirect economic contribuꦅtion of Brazil’s tourism and leisure sector re💟ached BRL 551.5bn (USD 139.9bn) in 2019 or 7.7% of the country’s GDP, according to the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC). The sector has a major ...