Macroeconomics and regional integration: EMU and the stability programmes: some possible lessons for Latin America

Includes bibliography

Foreign capital inflows and macroeconomic policies

Includes bibliography

United States interest rates, Latin American debt and financial contagion

Includes bibliography

Ocean freight, shipbuilding costs and charter rates: recent trends

This issue of the Bulletin provides a brief overview of the maritime transport industry in Latin America and the Caribbean, with a focus on the behaviour of freight rates and the costs associated with chartering and shipbuilding, all of which increased sharply in 2003. Three separate markets will be analysed: 1) the containerized general cargo market; 2) the dry bulk cargo market and 3) the liquid bulk (crude oil and oil products) market. This study has incorporated contributions made by professional experts in the field and institutions associated with ports and maritime transport in the region, received subsequent to the study prepared and disseminated in January 2004.

Macroeconomic policies for growth

Includes bibliography

Global economic developments, 2000-2001

Includes bibliography

Regional integration and the issue of choosing an appropriate exchange-rate regime in Latin America

Includes bibliography