Although Argentina’s capital controls should ease negative exchange-rate pressures, its central bank reserve losses are likely to persist as individuals and firms continue to withdraw their foreign-currency deposits from the banking system.

Higher female participation in the US labor force, coupled with increases in female employment and wages, enhances the growth potential of the US economy. But gender gaps in workforce participation and pay in the US remain wider than in other advanced economies.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has significant reserves of the metals used in electric vehicle batteries, but faces significant governance and infrastructure hurdles. Chile, the Philippines and Australia have fewer metals resources but greater capacity to exploit them.

Distress at the regional bank level could lead to tighter liquidity throughout China’s financial sector, heightened risk aversion in credit markets and reduced credit supply for the real economy. A speedy policy response would be key to limiting resolution costs and contagion.