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Press Release: Joint IMF-RFAs press release on the 9th High-level RFA Dialogue

October 23, 2024

The 9th High-level Regional Financing Arrangements (RFAs) Dialogue was held on 23 October 2024 in Washington DC at a time when the global economic outlook is improving but remains weak amid a complex geoeconomic environment and elevated policy uncertainty. The heightened volatility observed in global financial markets over the summer rearmed the importance of having a strong Global Financial Safety Net, including eective collaboration between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and RFAs, to safeguard against external risks.

Center for Global Development: Why Latin America Needs a Larger Reserve Fund

Center for Global Development: Why Latin America Needs a Larger Reserve Fund

February 25, 2022

Central Bank of Chile joins the Latin American Reserve Fund – FLAR

Central Bank of Chile joins the Latin American Reserve Fund – FLAR

February 16, 2022

FLARblog: Regional impacts and responses to the COVID-19 crisis in Latin America, Europe, and Asia

FLARblog: Regional impacts and responses to the COVID-19 crisis in Latin America, Europe, and Asia

January 26, 2022

The Economic Database – SIE

The Economic Database -SIE is a centralized service that provides economic and financial data about the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean

January 24, 2022

FLAR Talks: Situation and perspectives for the Spanish banking system in Latin America

FLAR Talks: Situation and perspectives for the Spanish banking system in Latin America

December 6, 2021

Conference of Economic Studies: The Resilient Society in emerging market economies and Latin America

Conference of Economic Studies: The Resilient Society in emerging market economies and Latin America

November 22, 2021

Discussion paper: Regional responses to the Covid-19 crisis

Discussion paper: Regional responses to the Covid-19 crisis: a comparative study from economic, policy, and institutional perspectives

November 12, 2021

FLAR Talks: Monetary policy in Latin America in a context of heterogeneous recovery and rising global inflation

FLAR Talks: Monetary policy in Latin America in a context of heterogeneous recovery and rising global inflation

October 25, 2021

We present the Economic Database – SIE

We present the Economic Database – SIE. This is a centralized information service, developed by FLAR, that provides economic and financial data of the Latin American and Caribbean countries.

September 1, 2021

We present FLARblog and its most recent article “Abundance of international liquidity: New risks for companies in FLAR + 4 countries?”

FLARblog is a place for the dissemination of articles prepared by our officials, allies and collaborators on topics of interest to the macroeconomic and financial stability of Latin America and the Caribbean.

August 10, 2021

FLAR Talks: On July 27th, FLAR and the Bank of Spain held a joint webinar

FLAR Talks: On July 27th, FLAR and the Bank of Spain held a joint webinar. With the participation of a group of experts from international organizations, central banks, academia and think tanks

August 10, 2021

FLAR approves complementary membership mechanism

FLAR approves complementary membership mechanism

July 21, 2021

We invite you to visit the official site of our series of virtual events #FLARTalks

We invite you to visit the official site of our series of virtual events #FLARTalks, which aim to address issues of interest to macroeconomic and financial stability in Latin America and the Caribbean.

June 30, 2021

ESG in Fixed Income: Watch the replay of the latest #CartagenaTalks webinar now

ESG in Fixed Income: Watch the replay of the latest #CartagenaTalks webinar now. Goldman Sachs Expert Mike Kashani Discusses ESG issues in Portfolio Management

June 6, 2021

Hiro Ito, Gurnain Pasricha, Joshua Aizenman and Silvio Costa, led the conversation in the last #FLARTalks webinar

Hiro Ito, Gurnain Pasricha, Joshua Aizenman and Silvio Costa, led the conversation in the last #FLARTalks webinar, based on the paper “Central bank swap arrangements in the COVID-19 crisis”

May 18, 2021

CartagenaTalks: Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)

CartagenaTalks: Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs): A Possible Roadmap for Latin America – watch the replay!

April 19, 2021