Costa Rica

BMI View: Inflation and interest rates are trending lower in Costa Rica. September's 0.16% m-o-m deflation brought the year-on-year figure to 11.24%, the lowest outturn since the... 2006-10-30

BMI View: Inflation and interest rates are trending lower in Costa Rica. September's 0.16% m-o-m deflation brought the year-on-year figure to 11.24%, the lowest outturn since the... 2006-10-30

The Banco Central de Costa Rica (BCCR) on October 17 implemented a new exchange rate regime, which replaces the crawling peg depreciation mechanism that had existed for the previous... 2006-10-20

China has announced that it wishes to improve diplomatic relations with Costa Rica. Current ties between the two countries are strained, as Costa Rica is one of 24 countries worldwide... 2006-10-11

Costa Rica's trade deficit is still on course to come in around our year-end forecast. Two-thirds of the way through the year (January-to-August), the balance was US$2.11bn in shortfall,... 2006-10-11

Improvements in the Costa Rican fiscal profile have prompted Fitch to revise its credit ratings outlook from negative to stable on the country's BB foreign currency rating. In conjunction... 2006-10-11

The financial exchanges in Panama, Costa Rica and El Salvador announced in September that they will launch a joint bourse within the next two years. BMI View: Although the details... 2006-09-27

The Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias, is holding out hope that Congress will pass the trade pact with the US, DR-CAFTA, before the end of the year. He told a local newspaper that... 2006-09-11

The Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias, is holding out hope that Congress will pass the trade pact with the US, DR-CAFTA, before the end of the year. He told a local newspaper that... 2006-09-11

BMI View: President Oscar Arias is staking his government's success on securing key reforms by the end of the year, including approval of DR-CAFTA and an end to state hold over... 2006-09-11