Guyana

BMI View: The Q1 trade deficit grew to US$68.8mn despite a 15% year-on-year (y-o-y) increase in exports. Looking forward, high oil prices will continue to drive import growth while... 2006-06-14

Recent events in Guyana have further undermined the state of security and democracy. First, Agriculture Minister Satyadeow Sawh was murdered on April 22 in his home. While investigators... 2006-05-18

Consumer prices shot up by 8.2% year-on-year (y-o-y) in 2005. Inflationary pressures were rooted primarily in high oil prices, although supply pressures provoked by extensive flooding... 2006-04-20

The severe flooding that occurred in Guyana in January and February of last year destroyed cropland and overwhelmed the country's already meagre infrastructure - affecting the production... 2006-04-13

According to the Bank of Guyana, Guyana's current account deficit deteriorated substantially in 2005. In no small part due to the extensive flooding in early 2005, the current account... 2006-03-20

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Inflation in November was moderate, rising by just 0.1% m-o-m for the second consecutive month. However, y-o-y prices were fully 7.9% higher than November 2004. Most of the increases... 2006-02-20

Political turmoil has arisen recently as a result of an insistence by the People's National Congress Reform (PNC-R) and other opposition parties that a 'clean' voters' list should... 2006-02-20

In late January, Minister of Finance Saisnarine Kowlessar from the ruling People's Progressive Party Civic (PPP-C) introduced the government's 2006 budget. With planned spending of... 2006-02-15

The government is currently negotiating the terms of a possible local office with the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). The head of the Guyanese presidential secretariat,... 2006-01-27