23 April 2020 | Briefing note
The U.S. economy grew 2.3% in 2019; a recession is expected in 2020.
8 May 2019 | Briefing note
The U.S. debt burden became heavier as a result of the unprecedented policy response to the global financial crisis and economic recession, and it has continued to grow.
20 December 2018 | Briefing note
The U.S. economic expansion, which is in its tenth year, is approaching record length but not strength. November marked the 113th month of growth for the U.S. economy, and there have been 38 consecutive quarters of growth. This is the second longest expansion on record, only the 1991-2001 expansion is longer, and it is expected to continue into next year and become the longest on record.
4 de September de 2018 | Briefing note
The publication Los números índices y su relación con la economía (available in Spanish only), summarizes the links between price and volume index numbers and microeconomic theory, presents recommended formulas for international measurements, and explains how to use them in international price and volume comparisons.
29 August 2017 | Briefing note
Latin America and the Caribbean Issued US$ 74 Billion in International Bonds in the First Half of 2017
28 November 2016 | Briefing note
The balance struck in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on intellectual property (patent and data exclusivity) protection for pharmaceutical products
13 de March de 2015 | Briefing note
Ministras y autoridades de los mecanismos para el adelanto de la mujer de América Latina y el Caribe, participan del 59 período de sesiones de la Comisión sobre la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer que tiene lugar en la sede de Naciones Unidas, del 9 al 20 de marzo de 2015.