Uruguay

BMI View We have revised down our current account forecasts for 2011 to a deficit of 0.4% of GDP from a surplus of 0.2% previously, and for 2012 to a deficit of 0.3% from -0.1% previously,... 2011-11-17

Consumer price inflation came in at 7.8% y-o-y and 0.5% m-o-m in September, reversing a downward trend that had been in place for two months and posing increasing upward risks to our... 2011-10-26

Returning from a ten-day visit to Europe, Uruguayan president Jose Mujica announced his government aims to attract more foreign investment in the country and to maintain macroeconomic... 2011-10-26

Relations between Uruguay and the two largest economies in Mercosur, Argentina and Brazil, have markedly deteriorated in recent weeks, following new restrictions to inter-regional trade... 2011-09-30

Consumer price inflation in Uruguay eased to 7.6% y-o-y in August from 8.3% in July, as tighter monetary policy by the central bank begins to cool domestic price pressures. Despite... 2011-09-30

Uruguay's foreign exchange reserves increased by an impressive 33.3% y-o-y to reach US$10.1bn in July 2011, up from US$9.8bn the previous month. As the economy's external accounts remain... 2011-08-30

A poll conducted by the Uruguayan consultancy Equipos Mori and commissioned by the mayoralty of Montevideo (IMM) seeking to assess the popularity of the Montevideo government, showed... 2011-08-30

We have revised upwards Uruguay's long-term growth trajectory beginning with a revision of 2013's real GDP growth forecast to 4.2%, from 2.6% previously, and expecting an average headline... 2011-08-16

Uruguay's external accounts are likely to remain volatile in the coming quarters. While we expect the current account to post a small surplus of 0.5 % of GDP in 2011, we warn that the... 2011-08-08

Uruguay's industrial production growth jumped massively to 8.0% y-o-y in May 2011, from 0.3% y-o-y in April. While April's slow-down in industrial production was, in our view, primarily... 2011-07-27