Signs that Latin America’s lending boom has faded support our belief that credit can’t continue to be as big an economic driver as in the recent past, and we expect GDP growth to ease this year. Paradoxically, this is a better outcome for the region than a renewed acceleration of lending, which would further stretch household finances and potentially sow the seeds of a messier adjustment down the line.
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