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Borrowing costs at their highest level in more than seven years
Central bank expects similar 100bp increase next month in battle against runaway prices
Caribbean nation on track to strike first debt restructuring with green tinge
Central banks in the region are forced to raise rates, some aggressively
Bond sell-off exacerbated by fears about president’s increasing authoritarianism
Moves reflect a soupy mixture of low rates, nerves and better investor access
Adopting cryptocurrency as legal tender risks economic stability and personal finances
Latin American nation will on Tuesday become first country to accept digital currency as legal tender
World’s biggest producer says no risk to humans after confirming ‘atypical’ incidents in two states
Annual growth estimates for Latin America’s largest economy downgraded as drought and looming election also bite
Stocks and currency have pulled back from recent highs as analysts see ‘increase in risk’
Products from coffee to oranges affected by drought and chilly temperatures
Economist Pedro Francke insists ‘reducing inequality’ can coexist with ‘reasonable macroeconomic management’
Rise in inflation exacerbated by depreciating currency brought on by political uncertainty
Central bank accelerates pace of tightening in an effort to tame spiralling inflation
The country has become one of the leading producers of foodstuffs, but traditional manufacturing is in steep decline
Fitch downgrade hits Iván Duque’s government rocked by violent protests to tax reform plan
Beef industry faces pressure to prove animals do not come from farms engaged in deforestation
Agreement with wealthy countries will buy time to bolster struggling economy
Social unrest highlights need for more equal distribution of income, argues fund director
Populism and the pandemic have interrupted the region’s commodity-linked prosperity
Water shortages and risk of power blackouts threaten country’s farming industry, which accounts for 30% of GDP
Policymakers signal another rise likely with price pressures ‘greater than expected’
US stimulus and remittances spill across the border, but no one expects the good times to last
President has remained popular throughout crisis while protests rock neighbouring countries
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