News of country

Pre-election jitters send blue dollar, country risk rate soaring

22-10-2021 21:56 Peso weakens in parallel and informal exchange rates, sending JP Morgan ‘country risk’ rate soaring.

Reuniting the states of America

23-01-2021 09:18 A tiny window of opportunity for reconciliation is open for Joe Biden, but he would be fully excused should he confront a number of other titanic challenges first.

Global pandemic

Some countries don’t want to wait for superpowers’ vaccines

27-08-2020 14:40 The US and other superpowers have laid claim to billions of Covid vaccine doses that are nearing the finish line. That’s sparked worries that poorer countries will be left behind and shots will be slow to reach many of the world’s 7.8 billion people.

GUEST COLUMN

Quo vadis, Argentina?

15-08-2020 10:37 A guide to undering Argentina’s incomparable decline and what can we learn from the shortcomings of the Macri administration’s reforms.

by Nicolas Rodriguez-Brizuela

Coronavirus pandemic

British Embassy seeking contact with British nationals in Argentina

27-03-2020 19:19 Officials at the Embassy, headed by Ambassador Mark Kent, want to build up an accurate picture of the number of non-resident British nationals in Argentina and the issues they are currently facing.

Bloomberg

US$100 billion of debt from emerging-markets is now distressed

19-03-2020 18:47 The bonds of emerging-market nations are entering distressed territory at an alarming rate as the soaring dollar raises the prospect of government defaults.

Argentina's downturn

Merval slumps 14% amid virus fears, country risk soars above 4,000 points

18-03-2020 18:03 As global markets take huge hits, benchmark Merval index of Buenos Aires Stock Exchange plunges more than 14 percent; Country risk rose to 4,040 points, a height not seen since June 2005.

Uncertainty in markets

Black Monday: keys to understanding this week's fall in oil prices

09-03-2020 17:21 Trade war between Russia and Saudi Arabia is shaking the oil-dependent countries with prices in the range of US$30 a barrel, while markets are also facing the consequences of the Coronavirus outbreak.

by Lorena Rodríguez