Bryan Crowe

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• Argentina: Winter Meltdown

  Published 22 July 2009 | viewed 4,193 times

  It's the beginning of winter in Argentina and the only thing that's hot right now is the capital outflows. To give some idea of how…

• Brazil: Going for Broke

  Published 11 June 2009 | viewed 3,561 times

  Apparently full-year negative growth is unacceptable to Brazil's policymakers, even during the most severe global recession in a generation. They should tell that to Latvia…

• MXN Under Fire

  Published 18 February 2009 | viewed 3,848 times

  Mirror, mirror on the wall, what is the most troubled cross of them all? Well, it's actually the Russian ruble. But in recent weeks, there…

• Regarding Latin America, What if Commodity Prices Experience a Severe, Prolonged Drop?

  Published 03 February 2009 | viewed 3,157 times

  The Latin American region is quite dependent upon commodities as a source of income. Boom-time has truly been good to both hard and soft commodity…

• Brazil: 100 is the New 75

  Published 22 January 2009 | viewed 4,307 times

  In a surprise to the majority of forecasters, Brazil's central bank lowered its benchmark rate by a larger-than-expected 100bps on Wednesday after an official vote…

• Mexico: The First Ripple From the US Financial Crisis

  Published 16 October 2008 | viewed 4,278 times

  With financial markets now under constant watch and the industrialized economies broadcasting bearish news on a daily basis, a country such as Mexico is easy…

• Singapore: The First of Many?

  Published 11 October 2008 | viewed 5,311 times

  Today's flash GDP estimate for Q3 officially confirmed that Singapore has entered a recession - its first since 2002. The economy shrank at an annualized…

• Taiwan and the Flat-Panel Drag

  Published 25 September 2008 | viewed 4,264 times

  Taiwan's central bank surprised the world on Thursday by cutting rates for the first time in five years and establishing a potential peak to its…

• Mexico and US Industrial Production: Joined at the Hip

  Published 19 September 2008 | viewed 3,113 times

  Today's announced -1.04% yoy contraction of Mexican industrial production (IP) for July comes as no surprise. This reading follows previous slips of -0.35% in June…