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Add to Preferred Sources? May 19 May 2020 ?11:30am – 1:00pm (ET/Washington, D.C. Time)
Seminar
This seminar will address the growing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin American economies with lessons for other emerging economies.
Ignacio Briones, Minister of Finance of Chile, will offer a brief introduction. Then, prominent academics and former Ministers of Finance from the region will share their views on how the crisis is affecting key macroeconomic variables, including fiscal space, debt capacity, inflation expectations, and growth.
The panel will also discuss the optimal policy responses to soften the effects of the sustained shock on households and firms, particularly given the social pressures to ease the lockdown, the risk of new waves of infection, and limited economic tools available in the region.
Original source: World Bank
Published on 12 May 2020