Argentina’s Milei Lowers Key Import Tariff To Cool Inflation

(Bloomberg) -- Argentina is lowering a key import tariff in an effort to further cool inflation as President Javier Milei weighs the trade-offs between economic targets often at odds. Most Read from BloombergNazi Bunker’s Leafy Makeover Turns Ugly Past Into Urban EyecatcherChicago Overcomes DNC Skeptics With Calm, Parties and SunEconomy Minister Luis Caputo announced it would lower a levy known as the PAIS tax on imports from 17.5% to 7.5%. The Milei administration actually increased the tax aft

Harris campaign releases new ad to highlight plans to build 3 million homes and reduce inflation

Vice President Kamala Harris has a new advertising push to draw attention to her plan to build 3 million new homes over four years, a move designed to contain inflationary pressures that also draws a sharp contrast to Republican Donald Trump's approach. Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, highlights her plan in a new minute-long ad released Tuesday that uses her personal experience, growing up in rental housing while her mother saved for a decade before she could buy a home. In addition to increasing home construction, Harris is proposing the government provide as much as $25,000 in assistance to first-time buyers.

Maduro Puts Key Allies in Oil, Interior Ministries After Vote

(Bloomberg) -- President Nicolás Maduro appointed Delcy Rodríguez as Venezuela’s new oil minister and put Diosdado Cabello in charge of the joint interior and justice ministry, promoting key allies after a disputed election. Most Read from BloombergNazi Bunker’s Leafy Makeover Turns Ugly Past Into Urban EyecatcherChicago Overcomes DNC Skeptics With Calm, Parties and SunHow the Cortiços of São Paulo Helped Shelter South America’s Largest CityThe move also sees Hector Obregón step in as the new he

Chicago and NY Fed directors favored discount rate cut in July

(Reuters) -Members of the boards of directors overseeing the Chicago and New York Federal Reserve banks voted in favor of lowering by a quarter percentage point the central bank’s discount rate during July, according to meeting minutes released on Tuesday. The Fed said in a press release that while 10 of the 12 regional Fed banks wanted to maintain the discount rate at 5.5% in votes taken last month, the Chicago and New York Fed directors wanted that borrowing rate to move down to 5.25%.

Carlyle’s Currie Sees Risk of Oil-Price Spike After ‘Carry Trade’

(Bloomberg) -- Oil prices face increased risk of a spike following a “carry trade” that has diverted much-needed capital from the market, according to veteran commodities analyst Jeff Currie.Most Read from BloombergNazi Bunker’s Leafy Makeover Turns Ugly Past Into Urban EyecatcherChicago Overcomes DNC Skeptics With Calm, Parties and SunHow the Cortiços of São Paulo Helped Shelter South America’s Largest CityHigh interest rates have spurred hedge funds and physical oil players to slash up to $100

Fed Bets Fuel Best Month of 2024 for Latin America Local Debt

(Bloomberg) -- Latin America’s local-currency bonds are staging the strongest monthly advance this year as the Federal Reserve draws closer to cutting interest rates for the first time since the onset of the pandemic. Most Read from BloombergNazi Bunker’s Leafy Makeover Turns Ugly Past Into Urban EyecatcherChicago Overcomes DNC Skeptics With Calm, Parties and SunHow the Cortiços of São Paulo Helped Shelter South America’s Largest CityBets that the long-awaited easing is poised to begin next mont

Libya Outages and Middle East Tensions Spark Supply Concerns. WTI Nears key $77.40 Resistance

Analysis-Mexico central bank has growing inflation challenge: extortion

Beyond the common challenges like currency fluctuations and supply shocks that keep the world's central bankers up at night, in Mexico there is an additional foe for those conjuring monetary policy: protection rackets. Extortion has become a massive problem in Mexico, with powerful drug cartels exerting deep influence over swathes of the country. Keen to establish new revenue streams, these groups have been turning to extorting businesses by forcing them to pay protection money.

Brazil’s Annual Inflation Barely Slows as Investors Bet on Interest Rate Hikes

(Bloomberg) -- Brazil’s annual inflation cooled roughly in line with expectations in early August, providing limited relief to a central bank that’s under sustained pressure to raise interest rates.Most Read from BloombergNazi Bunker’s Leafy Makeover Turns Ugly Past Into Urban EyecatcherChicago Overcomes DNC Skeptics With Calm, Parties and SunHow the Cortiços of São Paulo Helped Shelter South America’s Largest CityOfficial data released Tuesday showed prices increased 4.35% in the first two week

US Home-Price Gains Outpace Inflation With 5.4% Annual Increase

(Bloomberg) -- Home-price gains in the U.S. slowed in June as buyers pulled back from the market while listings started to climb. Most Read from BloombergNazi Bunker’s Leafy Makeover Turns Ugly Past Into Urban EyecatcherChicago Overcomes DNC Skeptics With Calm, Parties and SunHow the Cortiços of São Paulo Helped Shelter South America’s Largest CityA national measure of prices rose 5.4% from a year earlier, according to data from S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller. That compares with a 5.9% annual increa