Rising prices for food, fuel and other household necessities are rattling people throughout Latin America and the Caribbean and hitting poor families already affected by the pandemic especially hard. But if inflation is again haunting the region, and policymakers are worried, it is important to keep the new developments in context. Inflation is far from a regional … [Read more...] about Inflation in Latin America and the Caribbean Needs to be Seen in Context
Salim Syed Chanto
Salim Chanto is a research fellow in the IDB Research Department and a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the University of Minnesota. His research interests are in the fields of macroeconomics, international economics, and firm dynamics. He holds a master's degree in Economic Theory from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and a bachelor's degree in Economics from Universidad de Costa Rica.