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Brazil's strong labor market fuels inflation fears ahead of expected rate hike
Brazil's labor market is posting blockbuster numbers ahead of a central bank rate decision next week, amid bets that the country's rate-setting committee will need to speed up mone...
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Brazilian ministers pledge measures to strengthen fiscal framework
Brazilian ministers on Wednesday pledged to strengthen the country's fiscal framework, trying to ease market concerns as they prepared to debate how to proceed with a fiscal adjust...
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Argentina debt risk index drops again as default fears recede
Argentina's country risk index , a measure of the premium investors demand to hold local bonds versus equivalent U.S. debt, dropped under 900 basis points on Tuesday as investors g...
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Brazil's central bank chief says subsidized credit growth not impacting monetary policy
Brazil's central bank chief Roberto Campos Neto said on Monday that the volume of subsidized credit in the country has not grown to a point it would impact monetary policy.
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Argentina to cut red tape for some imports
Argentina's government announced it will implement some measures to streamline and simplify trade operations in the country.
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Trans Mountain oil pipeline loads 19 Aframax vessels in July, slightly below June levels
About 19 Aframax ships loaded around 330,000 barrels per day of crude oil in July at Canada's West Coast in the second full month of operations on the newly expanded Trans Mountain...
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Argentina to buy $1.5 bln from cenbank to pay bond interest due in January
Argentina's economy ministry said on Sunday it will purchase just over $1.5 billion from the central bank to pay the total interest on the country's "Globales" and "Bonares" bonds ...
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As Argentine inflation cools to single digits, residents are still skeptical
Argentines say they are yet to feel the benefits of cooling inflation and analysts predict the five-month streak could end when official figures for June are released on Friday.
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Investors say Turkey stands out positively among emerging markets, source says
Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek met with investors at a Deutsche Bank-organised investor meeting in London on Thursday and participants said Turkey stood out positively amon...
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Argentina economy snapshot: central bank dollar buying spree slows
Argentina's central bank has started to put the brakes on its aggressive buying of dollars, a key push to build up reserves under new libertarian President Javier Milei, something ...
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Colombia congressional committees approve debt ceiling increase to $17.6 billion
Colombia congressional committees from both the lower house and Senate on Tuesday approved a request from the leftist government of President Gustavo Petro to increase the debt cei...
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Mexico investors worry lopsided vote could threaten rule of law
The Mexican governing party's unexpectedly lopsided victory last week has investors concerned that it may use its mandate to sweep aside some of the checks on presidential power wh...
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Brazil inflation data to show acceleration in May
Brazil's consumer price data for May will likely show an acceleration in inflation, reflecting the damage from recent disastrous floods in the south, according to a Reuters poll pu...
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Mexico investors worry lopsided vote could threaten rule of law
The Mexican governing party's unexpectedly lopsided victory this week has investors concerned that it may use its mandate to sweep aside some of the checks on presidential power wh...
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EM portfolios see foreign inflows for seventh straight month in May -IIF
Emerging markets attracted foreign portfolio inflows for a seventh straight month in May thanks to investors pouring money into bonds, but persistently high U.S. interest rates are...
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Mexican finance minister seeks to soothe investors, reduce public debt
Mexican finance minister Rogelio Ramirez de la O sought to reassure investors and markets, saying on Tuesday he would stay in his current role with the incoming government and work...
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Brazilian economy rebounds with 0.8% growth in first quarter, uncertainties remain ahead
Brazil's economy rebounded in the first quarter from a sluggish second half of 2023 on stronger private investments and household demand amid a robust labor market, official figure...
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Brazil's economy forecast to have picked up pace in first quarter
Brazil's economy is forecast to have picked up pace in the first quarter of the year, a Reuters poll showed, driven by an increase in federal outlays that added to stronger househo...
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