Nicaragua

BMI View: Nicaragua's rate of inflation is the highest in the region, with the headline CPI rate surging by 18.9% y-o-y in March. The rising popular frustrations over increasing... 2008-04-15

Hundreds of Nicaraguans marched in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (Raan) and the capital Managua in protest of both the supreme electoral court's decision to suspend regional... 2008-04-15

President Daniel Ortega's public approval rating sunk to a low of 21% in February, a sign that everyday Nicaraguans are getting increasingly fed up with rampant inflation and chronic... 2008-03-10

BMI View: At 17.0% y-o-y January and rising, consumer price inflation remains the pressing economic issue in Nicaragua. The country's growing shortages in energy and agriculture... 2008-03-10

BMI View: It is becoming increasingly plain to us that Central America's equity markets are not evolving as quickly as had been hoped. Despite ongoing efforts to launch a regional... 2008-03-07

With inflationary pressures running rampant amid record commodities prices, the Banco Central de Nicaragua (BCN) may decide to rethink its 25-year old policy of a managed depreciation... 2008-03-06

With the US possibly entering, or already in, a recession, the risks to Central American economies are mounting. Here, we look at the potential effects on the region, with an emphasis... 2008-02-13

Legislatures for the opposition PLC are pushing for a legislative decree that would provide amnesty for all public officials in the last three governments convicted of corruption.... 2008-02-11

BMI View: High oil prices are the biggest reason why our forecasts for Nicaragua's external deficits in 2007 were too conservative.

The deterioration of trade balances beyond our expectations in 2007 was largely the result of worsening terms of trade. Specifically, high oil prices increased the value of imports,... 2008-01-14