In spite of the United States' recovery, most Caribbean nations are still struggling in the aftermath of the 2007?08 global financial crisis. This paper examines this slow growth recovery through the analysis of how the Caribbean's growth relates to that of key drivers of the global economy. The...

In this paper I use a factor structural vector autoregression to estimate if the cycles of Latin America are now more influenced by global conditions. I study this question as the region has proven to be resilient in terms of economic growth after the global financial crisis in spite of being...

In spite of the United States' recovery, most Caribbean nations are still struggling in the aftermath of the 2007–08 global financial crisis. This paper examines this slow growth recovery through the analysis of how the Caribbean's growth relates to that of key drivers of the global economy....