Economy

Consumer price inflation(CPI) increased by 0.7% in December on a month-on-month basis, taking the full-year rate to 4.7% y-o-y.

Honduran foreign exchange reserves reached their highest ever level in January of US$2.8bn, a 35.7% increase over the same month of 2010.

BMI View: Although Costa Rican consumer price inflation (CPI) finished 2010 significantly higher than we had been expecting, at 5.8% (compared to our 4.8% estimate), we do not expect... 2011-02-07

BMI View: Although Costa Rican consumer price inflation (CPI) finished 2010 significantly higher than we had been expecting, at 5.8% (compared to our 4.8% estimate), we do not expect... 2011-02-07

Consumer price inflation (CPI) ended 2010 at 5.4%, just slightly below our own estimate of 5.5%. Core inflation was just 3.1%, well below the central bank's 5.0% target, implying... 2011-02-03

Guatemala registered a record fiscal deficit in 2010, when the cumulative shortfall reached GTQ21.1bn as expenditure continued to expand at a faster rate than revenue. However, tax... 2011-02-03

BMI View: The rebound in El Salvador's exports continues to be matched by than in imports, with full-year growth coming in at 17.8% and 17.0% year-on-year in December. Going forward,... 2011-02-03

BMI View: The rebound in El Salvador's exports continues to be matched by than in imports, with full-year growth coming in at 17.8% and 17.0% year-on-year in December. Going forward,... 2011-02-03

BMI View: Rampant domestic growth rates saw Panama's current account return to deficit much earlier than we had expected in 2010, prompting us to revise our 2010 current account shortfall... 2011-02-02

BMI View: Costa Rica's recovery is running out of steam, and we expect growth to slow from an estimated 4.3% in 2010 to 3.5% in 2011. Negative net exports will weigh on real GDP... 2011-02-01