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... 2010-08-03

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... 2010-07-28

Costa Rica remains in the tier-two category of the US State Department's Trafficking In Persons Report for 2010, yet is placed above neighbours Nicaragua and Panama, which are grouped... 2010-07-02

BMI View: Costa Rica's expanded a whopping 5.1% in Q110, up from 2.9% in Q409 and -0.2% in Q309, however the magnitude of this rise can be attributed in large part to base effects,... 2010-07-02

BMI View: The exposure of Costa Rica's private banking sector to exchange rate risks from recent US dollar weakness is likely to prevent the country from adopting a freely-floating... 2010-06-21

BMI has introduced Infrastructure Business Environment ratings for six countries in Central America. These metrics highlight the disparities between the top performers, Panama and Costa... 2010-06-16

Headline consumer price inflation in Costa Rica ticked higher in May, reaching its highest level since July 2009, at 6.2% year-on-year (y-o-y). Costa Rican inflation troughed in November... 2010-06-08