Guyana

Despite consumer price inflation (CPI) witnessing a 0.6% m-o-m increase in June, year-on-year percentage growth was slightly lower than in May, down to 7.4% from 8.2%, continuing... 2008-09-10

A meeting between a parliamentary delegation from Brazil and Speaker of Guyana's National Assembly, Ralph Ramkarran, on September 1 is not only a step towards improving Brazilian-Guyanese... 2008-09-03

BMI View:Despite the Bank of Guyana's upbeat economic growth outlook for end-2008 (it is projecting a 4.8% real GDP growth this year), we believe that a drop in soft commodity prices... 2008-08-07

President Bharrat Jagdeo is already talking up his People's Progressive Party (PPP)'s chances in the 2011 regional and general elections - even though he is prevented by term limits... 2008-08-05

Guyana's current account deficit widened sharply in Q108 to US$117.1mn, up from US$41.6mn in Q107. The catalyst behind this deterioration was a 44.5% surge in import growth on the... 2008-08-05

At the 4th PetroCaribe Summit, to be held in Venezuela on July 12, the rising price of fuel is likely to be high on the agenda. Country representatives will also discuss possible... 2008-07-10

Q108 figures for CPI in Guyana have revealed that the sharp deceleration of price growth has reversed, with overall price growth of 11.5% y-o-y in March. With such a fragile polity,... 2008-06-26

Guyana's Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee, and Suriname's Minister of Justice and Police, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, have signed a bilateral agreement aimed at closer cooperation... 2008-06-06

With gold a major export, Guyana has benefited from elevated global prices for the metal in 2007. Mining firms declared 247,000 ounces of gold, which translated into export earnings... 2008-06-06

As Guyana's governing People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) pursues an agenda of privatisation, we are encouraged by a recent admission by Prime Minister Samuel Hinds that he believes... 2008-06-03