With Bolivia set to join, these are the Latin American countries most indebted to the IMF as of July
Fortun assesses Bolivia's potential IMF program amid fiscal deficits, low reserves and exchange-rate strain.
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Fortun assesses Bolivia's potential IMF program amid fiscal deficits, low reserves and exchange-rate strain.
View detailsFortun discusses the economic damage from prolonged blockades and how lower production and higher inflation constrain Bolivia's next stage of reform.
View detailsZonebourse published this French article on 2026-06-10. It mentions Jonathan Fortun in an IIF economics context. Read the original source for the complete reporting.
View detailsFortun explains why April's rebound in emerging-market inflows gave way to renewed equity selling in May, despite more resilient demand for debt.
View detailsMarcello Estevão and Jonathan Fortun join Clay Lowery to discuss the IIF's midyear Capital Flows Report. They examine US economic outperformance, uneven emerging-market signals and how geopolitical shocks interact with existing weaknesses. The episode also addresses supply-chain disruption beyond energy and the policy risks accumulating for the second half of 2026.
View detailsBloomberg Línea reports that Bolivia's country risk spread has jumped past 605 basis points amid roadblocks and social conflict. Jonathan Fortun of the IIF said Bolivia's spreads once exceeded 2,300 basis points before compressing to about 325, and that the recent rebound shows the improvement is conditional, fragile and reversible. He argued the next battle will probably be the design and political approval of the IMF program, and that Bolivia now must prove it can implement reforms.
View detailsFortun interprets weakness in newly issued Bolivian bonds as a repricing of economic and policy risks.
View detailsBloomberg Línea Brasil published this Portuguese article on 2026-05-21. It mentions Jonathan Fortun in an IIF economics context. Read the original source for the complete reporting.
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