IMF Holds Press Briefing on Economic Outlook for Western Hemisphere

In building 1 of the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington DC, the director for the institution's Western Hemisphere, former Chilean finance minister Rodrigo Valdés, referred to the new fiscal scenario reported by the Boric administration this week and that included changing the structural balance goal. At the press conference in which he gave details of the regional projections, consulted by Pulso on the data provi…

IMF Holds Press Briefing on Economic Outlook for Western Hemisphere

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) holds a press briefing titled “Regional Economic Outlook for the Western Hemisphere” at 1:30 p.m. ET on April 25. Speakers include Rodrigo Valdés, director of the Western Hemisphere Department for the IMF; Deputy Directors Ana Corbacho and Nigel Chalk; and Julie Ziegler, senior communications officer of the IMF, as moderator. ...

The International Monetary Fund ( IMF) foresees a decrease in money sent to households in Latin America by immigrant workers in the United States, with a particularly harsh effect in Central America. "We hope remittances will decrease in the future," said Rodrigo Valdés, director of the IMF's Western Hemisphere Department, during the presentation of the regional economic outlook in Washington. Valdés said the amounts of the decline are an "open …