Economy
Costa Rica
Agreement on a free trade deal between Costa Rica and China should provide an early boost to the incoming Laura Chinchilla administration. However, with the deal predominantly favouring...
2010-02-12Costa Rica
We have lowered our short-term economic risk ratings for Central America as the region continues to face an uphill struggle to recover from a challenging global macroeconomic environment....
2010-02-10Honduras
BMI View: Tough monetary policy measures implemented by Honduran central bankers at the outset of the last year's political crisis ensured that the country avoided a destabilising...
2010-02-03Nicaragua
BMI View: Although the recession may well have passed we do not expect to see a sharp bounce back of the Nicaraguan economy in 2010, with private consumption and investment appetite...
2010-02-02Panama
Despite a projected widening of Panama's merchandise trade deficit over the next several years, we believe that a strong service balance surplus will prevent an escalation of the...
2010-01-27Costa Rica
Recession and the run-up to February's presidential election have left Costa Rica's public coffers depleted. While government bond issues are meeting the financing requirements for...
2010-01-20Guatemala
BMI View: Low public-debt to GDP levels in Guatemala mean we are not overly concerned about a significant uptick in short-term borrowing to cover the record fiscal gap. However,...
2010-01-18Nicaragua
Headline consumer price inflation (CPI) rose 0.24% month-on-month in December, taking the year-on-year (y-o-y) rate up to 0.9% by the end of the year, up from 0.5% in the preceding...
2010-01-13
