Costa Rica

The ruling Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN)'s tax plan remains stalled in the legislative assembly. Moreover, the constitutional court's decision to consider a filing on the unconstitutionality... 2012-01-10

BMI View : Few states in Central America are substantially equipped to deal with the massive challenges to long-term political stability. At present Costa Rica and Panama stand out... 2011-11-30

Costa Rican libertarians officialised the creation of a new right-wing political party on November 20, after a scandal over campaign reimbursements plagued the Partido Movimiento Libertario... 2011-11-28

BMI View: Consumer price inflation continued to decline in October, coming in at 4.9 y-o-y, up just 0.2% m-o-m. Given that this level sits comfortably within the central bank's targeted... 2011-11-28

A poll conducted by Unimer for the local daily La Nación revealed that the government's first priority should be addressing the financial difficulties of the country's social security... 2011-10-04

Inflation seems to have stabilized, coming in at 5.25% y-o-y in August, up only slightly from the 5.20% reading of a month earlier. The consumer price index continues to come within... 2011-10-04

While we are somewhat encouraged by the announcement that a third revision of the fiscal reform package is likely to pass through congress following approval from the opposition Acción... 2011-09-20