As the first half of 2023 concludes, several Latin American countries demonstrate notable improvement in managing inflation, with some exceptions. The region’s economic powerhouses, Brazil and Mexico, appear among the ten nations showing the lowest year-on-year inflation. Costa Rica and Panama display negative inflation rates, at -1.04% and -0.6% respectively. Other countries maintaining low inflation […]
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