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245 0 0 |a Regional Economic Outlook, October 2021, Western Hemisphere: A Long and Winding Road to Recovery 
260 |a Washington, D.C.  |b International Monetary Fund  |c 2021 
300 |a 50 pages 
651 4 |a Chile 
653 |a Economic & financial crises & disasters 
653 |a Business cycles 
653 |a Inflation 
653 |a Health 
653 |a International Organizations 
653 |a Infectious & contagious diseases 
653 |a Finance 
653 |a Financial crises 
653 |a International agencies 
653 |a Deflation 
653 |a Covid-19 
653 |a General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data) 
653 |a Health Behavior 
653 |a International organization 
653 |a Price Level 
653 |a Foreign Exchange 
653 |a Currency crises 
653 |a Cycles 
653 |a Financial markets 
653 |a International institutions 
653 |a Emerging and frontier financial markets 
653 |a Economic growth 
653 |a International Economics 
653 |a Prices 
653 |a Macroeconomics 
653 |a Financial services industry 
653 |a Business Fluctuations 
653 |a Diseases: Contagious 
653 |a Communicable diseases 
653 |a Economic recovery 
653 |a Finance: General 
653 |a International Agreements and Observance 
710 2 |a International Monetary Fund  |b Western Hemisphere Dept 
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989 |b IMF  |a International Monetary Fund 
490 0 |a Regional Economic Outlook 
028 5 0 |a 10.5089/9781513593838.086 
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082 0 |a 330 
520 |a Supply-side policies should foster inclusive growth, including through progressive and growth-friendly tax reforms and measures to intensify climate change adaptation and mitigation 
520 |a Fiscal policy should allocate sufficient resources for health spending, including vaccination, and continue to support households and firms in a more targeted fashion while the pandemic persists, backed by credible assurances of medium-term debt sustainability to maintain access to finance. Monetary policy has started to address inflationary pressures but should continue to support economic activity insofar as the dynamics of inflation expectations permit. If rising inflation threatens to de-anchor inflation expectations, central banks should tighten monetary policy to signal a commitment to inflation targets and avoid persistent increases in inflation. Preemptive and decisive action should be accompanied with clear and transparent communication. Financial policy should shift from blanket support to targeted support of viable firms, to ensure that necessary labor and capital reallocations are not hindered.  
520 |a An economic recovery is underway in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) but the pandemic still casts shadows on much of the region. The recovery was robust in the first quarter of 2021 but lost momentum in some countries in the second quarter, reflecting the rebound in COVID-19 cases. Real GDP is projected to grow by 6.3 percent in 2021, followed by a more moderate growth of 3 percent in 2022, but would not catch up with pre-pandemic trends in the medium term as persistent weakness in labor markets raises risks of scarring. Broadly favorable external conditions, high commodity prices, and pent-up demand support short-term growth, while monetary and fiscal policy reversals work in the other direction. Risks to the outlook are tilted downward. Main downside risks are the emergence of more transmissible and deadlier COVID-19 variants, tightening of global financial conditions, sovereign debt rollover risks, and social unrest as a year with heavy election schedule looms.