Economy

BMI View: The rapid rise in size and importance of remittances as a contributor to GDP in Latin America and the Caribbean has been remarkable in recent years. Now, with the US seemingly... 2008-03-19

BMI View: The rapid rise in size and importance of remittances as a contributor to GDP in Latin America and the Caribbean has been remarkable in recent years. Now, with the US seemingly... 2008-03-19

BMI View: The rapid rise in size and importance of remittances as a contributor to GDP in Latin America and the Caribbean has been remarkable in recent years. Now, with the US seemingly... 2008-03-19

BMI View: The rapid rise in size and importance of remittances as a contributor to GDP in Latin America and the Caribbean has been remarkable in recent years. Now, with the US seemingly... 2008-03-19

BMI View: The rapid rise in size and importance of remittances as a contributor to GDP in Latin America and the Caribbean has been remarkable in recent years. Now, with the US seemingly... 2008-03-19

BMI View: Guatemala amassed US$US$4.13bn in international reserves (excluding gold) last year - just shy of our US$4.20bn forecast. This external cushion is equivalent to roughly... 2008-03-11

BMI View: Consumer price inflation hit a three-month high of 5.8% y-o-y in February, driven by resurgent food price inflation (at 8.6% y-o-y) and stubborn transport price pressures... 2008-03-11

BMI View: Total external debt came in at spot on our forecast in 2007 at US$3.0bn. This outturn was equivalent to 29.3% of GDP and 138.9% of exports. Of the total liabilities, general... 2008-03-11

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: At US$6.65bn, Guatemala's nominal trade deficit has swollen to the second largest in the region, behind only Mexico (at US$12.3bn). The country has now been running a... 2008-03-10