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Uruguay continues to show a solid, liquid financial system with a good quality loan portfolio that translates into low levels of non-performing loans. Compared to the rest of the region, the penetration levels of the financial system are mid-range, which gives it a high growth potential for the medium term.

After a series of recessionary events, the global economy continues to recover while inflation continues its downward path. The region, with some exceptions, mirrors these trends, as well as Uruguay, where domestic specificities also come into play.

The constitutional soundness together with the already made change in the energy matrix and the explicit plan in the implementation of green hydrogen leave Uruguay in a highly favorable position to decarbonize its economy, which will increase t…

After the pandemic and the end of the construction of the third pulp mill, the Uruguayan economy faces a couple of years of moderate growth. However, in the long term, recent improvements in the sovereign risk rating reinforce the institutional…

The Latin American economy faces crosswinds in a scenario of disequilibrium, in line with international dynamics, where the main economic variables are still adjusting after the disruptive events of the most recent years.

The financial system remains strong in Uruguay. Financial intermediation, the core business of the banking sector, is expanding without losing quality. The current situation provides a good starting point to face the pending challenges.

The growing geopolitical uncertainties between the United States and China were, to some extent, a determining factor in the increased regulations by advanced countries to discriminate against the flow of funds from China. In this context, China began to turn towards the southern hemisphere when directing its investments.

In 2022 the activity in Uruguay will grow 4.7%, with an important statistical contribution that leaves the 4T21 and the contribution of investment, external demand and consumption to a lesser extent. The conflict in Europe has a moderate net po…

The global economy keeps recovering in spite of the uncertain epidemiological context. World GDP growth should be 5.9% in 2021. The worsening health situation slows down economic activity in Uruguay, which will grow less than expected in 2021.

Six months after the return to the use of the interest rate as a monetary policy instrument of the Central Bank, we report first results.

Uruguay has reduced its trade openness in recent years, which was boosted in 2020 by the irruption of the Covid-19, causing a substantial drop in external demand, which will explain much of the fall in Uruguay's GDP to 4.1% this year.

The Uruguayan Financial System is healthy despite having gone through the worst months in recent history in terms of activity and employment. The quick reaction of the CB with timely measures to avoid the rupture of the payment chain allowed it to overcome these difficulties and to maintain a comfortable capital surplus.