Weak Expansions: A distinctive feature of the business cycle in Latin America and the Caribbean Esteban Perez Caldentey, Daniel Titelman and Pablo Carvallo

[Working Paper No. 01/2013]

A business cycle analysis across 83 countries shows that while Latin America and the Caribbean have learned to weather contractions, they need stronger and longer expansions.

WP_01_2013 (Download the full text in PDF format)