Panama Leads Latin America Macro Outlook

Panama will be Latin America's macro economic star the next five years, according to a Latinvex analysis. (Photo: Mario Roberto Duran Ortiz)


Venezuela, Argentina and Brazil -- worst macro next 5 years.

BY LATINVEX STAFF

Panama will be Latin America’s macro-economic star the next five years, according to a Latinvex analysis of new projections from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The country will have the region’s highest average GDP growth during the 2016-20 period and the second-lowest inflation.

Costa Rica will have the second-best macro environment, followed by Peru, the analysis shows.

On the opposite end: Venezuela, followed by Argentina and Brazil, will have Latin America’s worst macro-economic environments the next five years.

ARGENTINA

Despite a new pro-business government in Argentina since December last year, the South American country will ...

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