El Salvador
Economy
The Salvadoran Ministry of Finance reports that it has collected US$19.8mn less in taxes in Q113 than during the same period last year. The largest reduction was in import tax, but...
2013-05-06Economy
In the first four months of 2013, there were 45% less homicides than in the same period last year according to the National Police. This is due in large largely to the truce struck...
2013-05-06Economy
El Salvador's real GDP growth looks set to remain sluggish in the coming years. Indeed, given our expectation for continued weak private consumption and that a virulent strain of coffee...
2013-04-24Economy
A joint operation between the Salvadoran and Guatemalan police forces has resulting in the detention of major drug-trafficker Jorge Ernesto Uloa Sibrián (known colloquially...
2013-04-05Economy
El Salvador recorded real GDP growth of only 1.6% in 2012, just above our own 1.5% estimate. This came on the back of gross fixed capital formation subtracting 0.2 percentage points...
2013-04-04Industry
BMI View: Central America's energy sector is fragmented and overly reliant on expensive imported fuels and unreliable hydropower. Plans to change this include the construction of an...
2013-04-02Economy
On February 25, El Salvador’s former president, Tony Saca formally launched his presidential candidacy for the Movimiento Unidad, a coalition comprising three minority parties...
2013-03-05Economy
After a fiscal deficit of 3.9% of GDP in 2011, El Salvador saw some fiscal consolidation in 2012, posting a budget deficit of 2.9% of GDP (better than our 3.6% forecast). However, we...
2013-03-03
