The Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean is an annual publication prepared by the Economic Development Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). This 2021 edition was prepared under the supervision of Daniel Titelman, Chief of the Division, while Ramón Pineda Salazar, Economic Affairs Officer, was responsible for its overall coordination. In the preparation of this edition, the Economic Development Division was assisted by the Statistics Division, the ECLAC subregional headquarters in Mexico City and Port of Spain, and the Commission’s country offices in Bogotá, Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Washington, D.C. The regional report was prepared with inputs provided by the following experts: Cecilia Vera, Pablo Carvallo, Albert Bredt and José Antonio Sánchez (global economic trends and external sector), Esteban Pérez Caldentey (global liquidity), Claudio Aravena (economic activity), Ramón Pineda Salazar and Alejandra Acevedo (prices), Ramón Pineda Salazar, Alejandra Acevedo, Christine Carton, Franciss Peñaloza and José Antonio Sánchez (monetary, exchange-rate and macroprudential policies), Sonia Gontero (employment and wages), Noel Pérez Benítez, Michael Hanni, Ivonne González and Jean Baptiste Carpentier (fiscal policy), Cecilia Vera, Claudio Aravena, Pablo Carvallo, Albert Klein and Albert Bredt (economic projections) with the assistance of the ECLAC subregional headquarters and national offices. Sonia Albornoz prepared and coordinated the statistical annex. The country notes were prepared by the following experts: Alejandra Acevedo, Olga Lucía Acosta, Sonia Albornoz, Dillon Alleyne, Anahí Amar, Claudio Aravena, Fernando Balbuena, Albert Bredt, Pablo Carvallo, Martín Cherkasky, Christine Carton, Georgina Cipoletta, Lia Fain, Randolph Gilbert, Sonia Gontero, Enrique González, Camila Gramkow, Michael Hanni, Michael Hendrickson, Álvaro Lalanne, Jesús López, Sheldon McLean, Carlos Mussi, Roberto Orozco, Ramón Padilla, Machel Pantin, Noel Pérez Benitez, Esteban Pérez Caldentey, Franciss Peñaloza, Ramón Pineda Salazar, Blademir Quiguanas, Juan Carlos Rivas, Indira Romero, José Antonio Sánchez, Jesús Santamaría, Nyasha Skerrette, Cecilia Vera and Francisco Villarreal.
Chapter 1. Global economic trends -- Chapter 2. Global liquidity -- Chapter 3. The external sector -- Chapter 4. Economic activity -- Chapter 5. Domestic prices -- Chapter 6. Employment and wages -- Chapter 7. Macoreconomic policies -- Chapter 8. Economic prospects and risks for Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022

161 p. : graphs, tables

Includes bibliographical references.

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