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2 sources·Updated 20h ago

From Buenos Aires to Colombo, discontent simmers under the surface of rebounding economies

Gustavo Raul Perez furrows his brow over a notebook at the hardware shop he has run for six years on ​the outskirts of Buenos Aires.Sinc…

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Image: Hiru News - EnglishHiru News - English•20h agoFrom Buenos Aires to Colombo, discontent simmers under the surface of rebounding economies

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News First•20h agoFrom Buenos Aires to Colombo, Discontent Economies

Summary

Inflation has fallen to roughly 33% from nearly 300%, imports have opened up and subsidies have fallen. But Perez's restocking costs have tripled and customers have less to spend."There was a middle class three years ago," he says.

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Names and places drawn from every article in this story. The number shows how many of them mentioned it.

People
  • Simon Quijano-Evans2
  • Gustavo Raul Perez2
  • Torbjorn Soltvedt2
  • Javier Milei2
  • Sirimodara Wadaramge Sriyakanthi
  • Kristalina Georgieva
  • Anass Sayad
Organisations
  • International Monetary Fund2
  • Reuters
  • bank
Places
  • Verisk Maplecroft2
  • Buenos Aires2
  • Uzbekistan2
  • Argentina2
  • Sri Lanka2
  • Colombo2
  • Morocco2
  • Nigeria2
Keywords
  • discontent2
  • economies2
  • rebounding
  • outskirts
  • subsidies
  • emerging
  • furrows
  • simmers
  • surface
  • costs

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Oct 23, 1:06 PM
Latest update
Oct 23, 1:15 PM

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