Economy

BMI View: The Honduran consumer price index (CPI) rose by 5.9%y-o-y in October 2011, its lowest level in 2011, and we expect further slowing through 2012. In the first 10 months... 2011-11-28

BMI View: Despite imminent risks to global trade flows Panama still looks set to grow faster than any other country in Latin America and the Caribbean over the next few years, as... 2011-11-28

BMI View: We forecast El Salvador's fiscal deficit as a percentage of GDP to come in at 2.1% in 2011 and 2.0% in 2012, which was revised down from 1.5% on the back of recent flooding.... 2011-11-28

BMI View: Nicaragua's IMAE economic activity index came in 5.2% y-o-y in September, below the 7.2% average of the last 12 months. This plays out well with our view that the strong... 2011-11-28

BMI View: El Salvador's balance of payment position will remain precarious as the current account continues to run large deficits on the back of income and goods trade shortfalls.... 2011-10-28

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... 2011-10-27

September's urban consumer price inflation ticked up to 6.1% y-o-y, from 5.3% y-o-y in August, and has broken out of the recent two-month trend of moderating price growth. While this... 2011-10-27

Honduras's economic activity index (IMAE) slowed to 5.14% y-o-y in seasonally adjusted terms in July 2011, following a period of steady improvement in H111. Data for the month of July... 2011-10-27

El Salvador's foreign reserves grew a mere 5.2% y-o-y in September, while in monthly terms reserves actually shrunk from US$3.4bn in April to US$2.6bn as of September, adding significant... 2011-10-27

Panama's constructive economic growth outlook is reinforced by investors seeking to reap the benefits from assets in one of the region's outperforming economies. That said, we believe... 2011-10-24