Dominican Republic epitomizes LatAm’s problems and promise

The country’s economy has a good growth record, but it is vulnerable to the effects of Fed tapering and rising interest rates. Can it tap the market for $1.5 billion this year? The authorities certainly think the nation’s story is good enough to guarantee it.

The Dominican Republic perfectly illustrates many of the financial and economic challenges facing Latin America. The country’s recent growth has been facilitated by access to cheap international capital that has financed its current-account deficit: its first international bond in 2009 has been followed by many subsequent deals, all of which lowered the country’s benchmark with every fresh issuance.

Until last year that is, when an October 2013 debt deal worth $500 million priced to yield 6.6%,

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