Panama

BMI View: The Panamanian economy grew robustly in the second quarter of 2006, posting 7.9% real GDP growth. While we expect year-end growth to reflect a moderation over the course... 2006-12-05

President Martin Torrijos met with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, representing their first official meeting since Ortega's presidential victory. Besides discussing the countries'... 2006-12-04

Venezuela and Guatemala withdrew their candidacies for the non-permanent seat in the UN Security Council and gave their joint support to Panama on 1 November. The countries' decision... 2006-12-01

The approval of the Panama Canal expansion (by 78% of the population) represents a significant political victory for President Martin Torrijos, who had been the project's biggest... 2006-11-03

It is unclear whether the controversy surrounding the recent voting for Latin America and Caribbean's vacant non-permanent United Nations Security Council seat for 2007-08 will have... 2006-11-03

BMI View: In June, Panama's foreign reserves stockpile (excluding gold holdings) reached US$1.27bn, the highest level since mid-2003. Reserves increased sharply between April and... 2006-10-26

BMI View: In light of the approval of the Panama Canal expansion, we affirm our long-term bullish view of the Panamanian economy, and are nudging up our real GDP forecasts out to... 2006-10-25

BMI View: In light of the approval of the Panama Canal expansion, we affirm our long-term bullish view of the Panamanian economy, and are nudging up our real GDP forecasts out to... 2006-10-25

BMI View:The Panama Canal expansion project was approved by an overwhelming majority of the Panamanian people in a referendum on October 22. We think that on balance, the proposal... 2006-10-24

Panama's global economic activity index (IMAE) suggests that the economy started to cool off at the beginning of H206. The IMAE increased by just 4.82% y-o-y in July, compared to... 2006-10-11