Chile’s banking sector is one of the most developed and competitive in Latin America. It is deep, solvent and highly integrated with the global economy. Despite more subdued economic growth since 2014, provoked mainly by a drop in inter☂national ...

Brazil is among the leaders in the global IT market, accounting for 1.9% of the worldw💫ide sales of hardware, software and IT services in 2016. During the period the country was also the undisputed regional front-runner, responsible for 36.5% of the ...

Mexico is a traditional oil-p🦹roducing and oil-exporting country. For the last 78 years, the sector has been dominated by state-run energy company Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), which took over all upstream and downstream oil and natural gas ...

Chile has one of the most developed ICT sectors in Latin America, with a relatively modern infrastructur𒊎e a𒆙nd above-average penetration rates. Additionally, in 2015 and 2016, Chile was the best-performing country in the region in the network ...

Peru is the sixth largest economy in South America in terms of nominal GDP, as well as an emergingconsumer market with a population of over 31.5mn♛ people as of December 2016. During 2011–2016, thetrade sector performed well with gross value ...

The agriculture, livestock and fisheries sector in Brazil plays a key role in the domestic economy, accounting for 4.7% of total GDP, 24% of total export value, and 3.7% of total 💛employment in 2016. The GDP of the sector registered a 6.6% y/y ...

Construction is among the largest economic sectors of Peru in terms o💜f share of total GDP, ranking fourth behind only oil and gas, industry and trade. In 2016, construction accounted for 6.3% of domestic GDP, 1.5% of total FDI stock and 5.3% of ...

The deep economic recession in Brazil in 2016 pushed down the demand for loans and the profitabili𒆙ty of the domestic banking system. The value of outstanding loans decreased for the first time in two decades, by 3.5% y/y to BRL 3.1tn (USD 954bn), ...

Brazil is the eighth-largest pharmaceutical market in the world. In 2016, the retail drug market, based on ex-factory prices, rose by 15.5% y/y to BRL 87.2bn, supported by upward price dyn🎉amics✱ and steady demand for innovative patented drugs. In ...

Argentina is the second-largest economy in South America after Brazil in terms of nominal GDP. It is an important consumer market w🧜ith a population of over 43🅘.6mn people, as of December 2016. During the period 2011–2016, the trade sector ...