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Costa Rica / Economy
BMI View: Central America's two speed economic development is set to continue, as political obstacles in the economies with the weakest growth outlook prevent the introduction of sweeping business environment reforms. Lack of reform will make it harder to attract foreign capital, keeping these economies heavily reliant on remittances to cover the trade gap, and in turn capping...
2010-08-31Costa Rica / Economy
Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla remains one of the most popular leaders in the Central American region, according to a recent CID-Gallup poll, with a 64% approval rating. This...
2010-08-03Panama / Economy
BMI View: Despite President Ricardo Martinelli's administration proposing the largest fiscal deficit on record in 2011, we expect sound fiscal management to maintain Panama's status...
2010-08-02Country Risk Rating
Costa Rica
Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla remains one of the most popular leaders in the Central American region, according to a recent CID-Gallup poll, with a 64% approval rating. This...
2010-08-03Guatemala
Francisco Dall'Anese Ruiz, former district attorney for Costa Rica who replaced Carlos Castresana as head of the Comisión Internacional contra la Impunidad en Guatemala (CICIG) on...
2010-08-02Panama
Recent strike action by both canal and banana plantation workers in Panama demonstrates the extent of domestic opposition to President Ricardo Martinelli's attempts to introduce greater...
2010-08-02Honduras
Honduras's monthly economic activity index continues to climb, posting growth of 4.4% year-on-year (y-o-y) in seasonally adjusted terms in April, up from 3.8% in March. While base effects...
2010-07-05Panama
BMI View: Despite President Ricardo Martinelli's administration proposing the largest fiscal deficit on record in 2011, we expect sound fiscal management to maintain Panama's status...
2010-08-02Costa Rica
BMI View: While Costa Rica's domestic demand picture is encouraging, we caution that the weakening outlook for exports amid poor demand in the US and Europe is likely to cap real GDP...
2010-07-28Nicaragua
BMI View: Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's administration appears reluctant to reduce the public sector wage bill despite IMF protestations, and this is likely to keep the public...
2010-07-22Guatemala
BMI View: Although we see long-term risks to Guatemala's balance of payments accounts, record reserve levels imply ample support to stave off significant currency weakness this year...
2010-07-12Costa Rica
BMI View: Central America's two speed economic development is set to continue, as political obstacles in the economies with the weakest growth outlook prevent the introduction of...
2010-08-31Nicaragua
In its first rating's action on Nicaragua since 2006, on May 26 Moody's raised the Central American state's foreign currency government bond rating to B3 from Caa1 and affirmed its...
2010-06-03Guatemala
BMI View: Progress in Guatemala's fight against organised crime is allaying investor concerns after last year's spike in political risk. However, while we continue to see potential...
2010-04-22Costa Rica
Costa Rican president-elect Laura Chinchilla is already busying herself with closer regional integration and a concerted effort to tackle organised crime in Central America before...
2010-04-19
