In 2015，due to the sluggish world economy，declining prices of staple commodity and slumped international trade，Latin America and the Caribbean（LAC）suffered heavy losses. A series of basic indicators，such as the region’s overall economic growth，inflation，employment and international trade，were at the worst in recent years. The economic fundamentals were rather fragile. Meanwhile，the intra-regional difference increased. The economic indicators of Central America and the Caribbean are better than those in South America. Faced with economic difficulties，regional countries implemented targeted fiscal and monetary policy，adjusted exchange rate and international reserve，reformed and innovated the financial system to offset potential systemic risk and reduce the uncertainty of external impacts. However，pro-cyclicality of regional economies was not mitigated. Most of regional economies fell into stagnation and economic fluctuations remained to be large. Looking ahead，because of the unfavorable external environment，relatively large risk exposures，and limited space for government policy，economic recovery in the region will lack adequate momentum in the short and medium terms. Economic growth rate in 2016 is supposed to be modest. Meanwhile，as regional countries vary in production structure and major trade partners，their disparities are likely to further exacerbate.