This week, Argentina faces a 72-hour agricultural strike following another arbitrary government intervention. Brazil’s Covid-19 situation will continue to put pressure on the government and legislators for more stimulus, which is unfeasible. In Mexico, independent state entities and regulators are under renewed threat. Ecuadorshould see another presidential debate – this time with the leftist candidate actually showing up. In Chile, the deadline to register candidacies for the April constituent assembly elections is today. Finally, Peru’s presidential race suffers an enforced withdrawal,
Argentina: Econviews Monthly Report
JAPAN: Suga puts his stamp on economic policy in new stimulus package
CHINA: Quiet central bank intervention restrains RMB appreciation
Brazen ECB verbal intervention against Euro unwarranted and unlikely
BRAZIL: Pragmatism should prevail over initial Biden-Bolsonaro bad blood
- January 11, 2021
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