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Dollarization: will the quick fix pay off in the long run?
Speech
Globalization and the Latin perspective (with reference to Las Meninas)
Remarks at the Central Bank of Argentina, Buenos Aires, April 19, 2006 ; "My business contacts talk and act as if the globalization now under way will bring another decade of intense competition. This hothouse will enable--perhaps even force--businesses to keep productivity growth in the range we have enjoyed since the mid-1990s--hopefully, for many years to come. If labor productivity growth can stay near 3 percent, monetary policy can accommodate relatively faster growth without igniting inflation."
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Thinking globally: International prospects for 2002
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Recoveries in Latin America promise more growth in 2001
Journal Article
Alternative IDs, ITIN mortgages, and emerging Latino markets
Mainstream financial institutions ? banks, savings and loans, and credit unions ? create and allocate capital and economic opportunities through their central and defining function of taking in deposits and making loans. This process determines where credit and capital will flow. As such, it shapes nearly every aspect of our social, economic, and built environment. Market forces and regulatory structures behind this flow are powerful and, at times, contentious. Banking practices and public policy influence one another continually, but are continually impacted most by emerging market ...
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Spanning the Western Hemisphere: Free Trade Area of the Americas
Thirty-four countries in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean would make up the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) if negotiations currently under way are successful in establishing this new trading bloc. While the FTAA would bring a number of benefits to its members, the economies involved differ greatly in development and structure, and finding consensus will be challenging.
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Putting second-generation reforms to the test