Economy

Despite a significant increase in Bolivia's fiscal revenue, boosted by high global energy prices, the government's continued pursuit of a pro-cyclical fiscal policy exacerbates the... 2011-06-22

Peru's economic growth will remain dependent on private consumption as fixed investment slows down given the uncertainty regarding Ollanta Humala's economic policies. Meanwhile, net... 2011-06-14

On the strength of Colombia's sovereign ratings upgrade, solid macro picture and strong fiscal numbers for Q111, we have upwardly revised our expectations for Colombia's fiscal balance... 2011-06-13

The approaching 2012 presidential elections will continue to restrict economic policy options in Venezuela. While the Venezuelan bolívar remains overvalued, the government is highly... 2011-06-03

Ecuador's external debt as a percentage of GDP remains very low, coming in at 15.3% according to the latest data from the central bank.

Inflation has been soaring throughout the year in Bolivia, with April figures reaching double digits at 11.03% y-o-y.

prices in Venezuela rose by 24.8% y-o-y in May, after decelerating in April to 23.9% y-o-y. On a monthly basis, prices increased by 2.9% m-o-m, up from 1.3% in April.

The Central Bank of Colombia (Banrep) hiked the benchmark policy rate by 25 bps for the fourth consecutive month at the end of May, bringing it to 4.00%.

Peruvian national statistics agency (INEI) reported that prices in May showed no gain after a 0.7% m-o-m increase in April.

Colombia's foreign-currency debt upgrade by Moody's on 31 May, to Baa3 (investment grade) affirms our long held view that Colombia's solid macro-picture and improving domestic security... 2011-06-01