Nicaragua
Economy
BMI View: In March, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) began hearing arguments over a maritime border dispute between Nicaragua and neighbouring Honduras. A ruling should...
2007-03-12Economy
BMI View: Global oil prices have fallen considerably since their peak in 2006, and this should prove beneficial to Central America's external accounts. Importantly, we think that...
2007-02-19Economy
The legislature in January approved a watered-down version of President Daniel Ortega's proposal to consolidate power in the executive branch, including giving the president's office...
2007-02-06Economy
BMI View: With more than US$100mn in debt payments coming due in February, President Daniel Ortega's government is concerned about Nicaragua's debt load. While more external debt...
2007-01-30Economy
The Banco Central de Nicaragua (BCN) has done an admirable job of conducting monetary policy over the past few years, following a banking crisis. The big question now is how policy...
2007-01-18Economy
BMI View: Nicaragua's foreign reserves may have exceeded our US$700mn estimate at end-2006. As of October, the country's international reserves excluding gold amounted to US$800mn,...
2007-01-12Economy
Our short-term political risk rating for Nicaragua has been upgraded by four points this month, in the wake of President Daniel Ortega's inauguration as president on January 10. In...
2007-01-12Economy
BMI View: Now that Daniel Ortega has been inaugurated as president, we think that Nicaragua will face a tricky diplomatic balancing act. On the one hand, Ortega hopes to remain...
2007-01-12Economy
BMI View: BMI's proprietary sovereign risk rating index, which our Financial Markets team launched back in March 2006, is designed to quantify the debt servicing capabilities...
2007-01-08Economy
BMI View: Data released by the Banco Central de Nicaragua (BCN) showed that October's inflation reading came in at a three-year low. Consumer prices registered a 6.98% y-o-y rise,...
2006-12-04




