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Category Archives: Economic Digest

Economic Digest – March 2017

MEXICO Mexicans living abroad sent home almost US$27-billion in 2016, rising 8.8 per cent from 2015. Almost all the money was sent by electronic transfers...

Economic Digest – February 2017

CHARCOAL Artisanal charcoal will become the first legal Cuban export to the US in decades under a recent deal. The charcoal is made from the...

Economic Digest – January 2017

AGING Life expectancy rates in the US fell last year for the first time in more than two decades with death rates tied to eight...

Economic Digest – December 2016

ACCESS For the first time, Canadians are spending more on Internet access than television subscriptions from the country’s telecom and cable companies with demand soaring...

Economic Digest – November 2016

CROPS North America’s wettest harvest in about five years hiked farmers’ costs as they dried crops to avoid spoilage. One fifth of US and Canadian...

Economic Digest – October 2016

CEMENT The cement industry is one of the world’s most polluting: it accounts for 5 per cent of man-made carbon-dioxide emissions. About 4.3-billion tonnes of...

Economic Digest – September 2016

CUBA More than two million tourists visited Cuba in the first half of this year, putting the country on track for a record number of...

Economic Digest – August 2016

BREXIT As Britain begins the process of extricating itself from the European Union, the government has discovered it is sadly lacking in a key resource:...

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