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...“The political backdrop is challenging,” said Alberto Ramos, chief economist for Latin America at Goldman Sachs. “On the other hand, we are living in a world with abundant liquidity.”...
...You run the risk that you may see growth but it is low quality and not durable growth,” said Alberto Ramos, head of Latin American economics at Goldman Sachs....
...“This guy is very difficult to understand,” said Joe Ramos, head US fixed income at Lazard Asset Management. “It's like he is thinking out loud every time he speaks.”...
...With this de-acceleration, Ramos reckons the real business cycle will stabilise in the second quarter and recover during the latter half of the year — bolstered by improving agricultural and energy output...
...Alberto Ramos, head of Latin America research at Goldman Sachs, said the timing of the debt announcement was surprising....
...While the annual rate rose to a record 57 per cent in May, the firm’s regional economist Alberto Ramos notes that the month-over-month increase was slower than the three preceding prints....
...Colby Smith Real pain for Brazil Anyone who bought the Brazilian real at the end of 2018 has had a tough time....
...Since early March, intraday exchange rate volatility has surged, per Ramos again, motivating Argentines to return to the now well-worn tradition of swapping pesos for dollars: Ramos says the pain (at least...
...“The price controls are symbolic,” said Alberto Ramos at Goldman Sachs....
...Industrial production has also contracted, down 13.4 per cent year-over-year, per this chart from Alberto Ramos at Goldman Sachs: With the economy deep in recession, poverty levels have also spiked along...
...Here's a chart from Alberto Ramos at Goldman Sachs, highlighting the most recent 10.8 per cent year-over-year contraction in industrial production: And the 15.7 per cent year-over-year slide in construction...
...For these reasons, Goldman Sachs' Alberto Ramos reckons that Mexico will soon tilt towards running a deficit:If presented with a choice (trade-off) the new government may show a stronger commitment to its...
...The motivations for cancelling the project were not strong and the way it was carried out without the supervision of a neutral entity showed that this was a politically motivated decision,” said Alberto Ramos...
...As Alberto Ramos of Goldman Sachs points out, the upside risks to inflation that the MPC have been most worried about have materialised, thanks to the incoming administration's penchant for the unconventional...
...To Alberto Ramos, an economist at Goldman Sachs, it is naive. “How much money can you save by cutting in half the salaries of administrators and secretaries? It’s peanuts,” he said....
...But Mr Ramos warned that the government would still have to ditch its policy of “gradualism” in crimping the budget deficit and markedly accelerate spending cuts to restore confidence....
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