Guatemala
Central America Monitor provides systematic political risk assessment, economic forecasts and business analysis on Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.Economy
BMI View: We expect Guatemala's current account deficit to widen substantially in 2012 on the back of a sharp deterioration in the country's goods trade account. While the financial...
2011-12-23Economy
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...
2011-11-30Economy
BMI View: Credit conditions in Guatemala continue to tighten, with the average lending rate climbing to 13.5% as of October. Thus far September's policy rate hike from 5.0% to 5.5%...
2011-11-28Economy
President Álvaro Colom has granted an extradition request by the US for former Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo on charges of money laundering and fraud. After a campaign promising...
2011-11-28Economy
While inflation fell to 7.25%y-o-y in September from 7.63%y-o-y in August, it remains above the Central Bank's target of 4.00-6.00%. The fact that inflation remains significantly above...
2011-10-27Economy
Oscar Mejia, the former president of Guatemala from 1983 to 1986, whose administration oversaw increased repression and government violence, has been declared a fugitive by a Guatemalan...
2011-10-27Economy
Inflation continues to tick up in Guatemala, reaching 7.63% y-o-y in August, up 7.04% from the month before, despite the central bank's 25 basis point interest rate hike in July. However,...
2011-10-04Economy
None of Guatemala's presidential candidates managed to maintain an absolute majority in the September elections, meaning a run-off election will now take place on November 6. Otto Pérez...
2011-10-04
