Argentina’s Economy Contracts Again in May, Exposing Uneven Recovery
Argentina’s economy contracted 0.5% in May, the second straight monthly decline, as agriculture and mining gains mask weakness in manufacturing...
July 24, 2026Topic
Manufacturing
Guyana Hardwires Local Manufacturing into the Oil Supply Chain
Guyana oil supply chain hits $1.5B in local procurement as 3 firms now build Jaguar FPSO parts and subsea jumpers...
July 14, 2026
Brazil Industry Confidence Hits Lowest Level Since Pandemic
Brazil industry confidence fell to its weakest reading since June 2020, with factory bosses now spooked by war and a...
July 14, 2026
Egypt’s Industrial Strategy Targets $100 Billion in Exports
Egypt's industrial strategy targets $100 billion in non-oil exports by 2030, naming seven priority industries from textiles to cars and...
July 7, 2026
Mexico Exports Surge 22.6% but the Car Engine Stalls
Mexico exports rose 22.6 percent in the first five months of 2026 to 317 billion dollars, but auto shipments fell...
June 28, 2026
A Brazilian Worker Is Now as Productive as in 1958
Brazil productivity has slid back to its 1958 level against the United States, and only agribusiness has bucked a four-decade...
June 23, 2026
How Tiny Costa Rica Keeps Pulling In Five Billion in Investment
Costa Rica drew over five billion dollars in foreign investment for a second straight year, a small country punching above...
June 20, 2026
Chips Come Home? The US Reshoring Bet and Its Limits
A claimed Apple-Intel deal to build advanced chips in America is unconfirmed by either company. What the reshoring bet would...
June 19, 2026
Germany’s Industrial Reckoning: When Europe’s Engine Stalls
German industry employment has fallen to a ten-year low as the country's model of cheap energy and easy exports breaks...
June 19, 2026