Panama
Economy
April 23, Panama issued a US$750mn bond to help finance the country's budget deficit, specifically to offset the damage done by flooding in the past year. The new global bond is set...
2013-05-03Economy
Panama's national nurses association has ended a three day national strike. Health Minister Javier Díaz had initially stated that the demands for a near doubling of the nurses...
2013-05-03Economy
Despite opposition legislators' stringent resistance to recent amendments to Panama's electoral code, the changes are unlikely to have a substantial effect on the overall outcome of...
2013-05-01Economy
As expected, Vice President Juan Carlos Varela recently won the Partido Panameñista (PP)'s nomination as its candidate for the 2014 presidential election, with 99% of the...
2013-04-02Economy
As of end-2012, 78% of total apartments built were categorised as 'luxury' constructions, a reflection of Panama's highly bi-modal income distribution. Given the still substantial income...
2013-04-02Industry
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
President Ricardo Martinelli has elevated his criticism of the Panamanian media. In response to the media's coverage of a dispute between a local concert promoter with family ties to...
2013-03-03Economy
Panama posted 10.0% year-on-year (y-o-y) growth in Q412, bringing its 2012 growth to 10.7%, above our 9.8% estimate. This is the second year in the row that the economy has seen double...
2013-03-03



