http://www.ft.com/world/americas/economyhttp://www.ft.com/rss/world/americas/economyFT.com - Americas, Economyen© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2009. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:41:56 +0000Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:33:40 +0000Newspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/world/americas/economy(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/cedbf0d2-ce92-11de-8812-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Famericas%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cedbf0d2-ce92-11de-8812-00144feabdc0.htmlUS Treasury secretary tells reporters in Japan he believes in the need to maintain a strong dollar and that the US is determined to get its budget deficit downWed, 11 Nov 2009 13:41:56 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/54530ec4-ca49-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Famericas%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/54530ec4-ca49-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.htmlBrazil's president has challenged other world leaders to attend next month's climate talks in Copenhagen to break the deadlock in negotiations to cut greenhouse gas emissionsThu, 5 Nov 2009 23:00:25 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/3386aa5c-c4ae-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Famericas%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3386aa5c-c4ae-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.htmlLatin America had weathered the financial crisis so well that several countries were paying the price of success with rapidly appreciating currencies and an influx of foreign capital that could raise the spectre of future bubbles, said Nicholas Eyzaguirre, western hemisphere director of the International Monetary FundThu, 29 Oct 2009 18:05:38 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/3/8f2aa6a4-c23a-11de-be3a-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Famericas%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/8f2aa6a4-c23a-11de-be3a-00144feab49a.htmlThe government has created an economic wonderland that cannot survive if the country is to return successfully to international capital marketsMon, 26 Oct 2009 22:24:06 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a0c04b34-c196-11de-b86b-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Famericas%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a0c04b34-c196-11de-b86b-00144feab49a.htmlHelping Brazil to moderate inflows of foreign capital rather than issuing a negative response would signal that the IMF is taking a less doctrinaire approach, write Arvind Subramanian and John Williamson Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:23:11 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/d9f8cd0a-be84-11de-b4ab-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Famericas%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d9f8cd0a-be84-11de-b4ab-00144feab49a.htmlLegislators have passed a 2010 budget that increases value-added tax for the first time in more than a decade as the government strives to reduce its dependence on revenues from crude productionWed, 21 Oct 2009 23:22:33 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/c590a51a-bda1-11de-9f6a-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Famericas%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c590a51a-bda1-11de-9f6a-00144feab49a.htmlA world in which successful countries such as Brazil feel the need for capital controls is not a safe world for the bold 'reflation' trade that has led the market this year, writes John Authers Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:17:13 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/ffe6041c-bda1-11de-9f6a-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Famericas%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ffe6041c-bda1-11de-9f6a-00144feab49a.html Brazil's currency and stocks fell sharply after the government imposed a 2 per cent tax on foreign portfolio investments to stem the rapid rise of its exchange rate Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:21:56 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/fac606e2-b9c5-11de-a747-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Famericas%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fac606e2-b9c5-11de-a747-00144feab49a.htmlMany Venezuelans blame Hugo Chávez for the crumbling decay of the oil-rich country's public hospitals after years of neglectThu, 15 Oct 2009 21:18:45 +0100