Nicaragua
Economy
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...
2008-04-15Economy
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...
2008-04-15Economy
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...
2008-03-10Economy
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...
2008-03-10Economy
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...
2008-03-07Economy
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...
2008-03-06Economy
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...
2008-02-13Economy
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....
2008-02-11Economy
BMI View: High oil prices are the biggest reason why our forecasts for Nicaragua's external deficits in 2007 were too conservative.
2008-02-11Economy
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




