*Honduras’s central bank (BCH) has released new figures which show that the country’s monthly indicator of economic activity (Imae) was up by 5.4% in February compared with the same month of 2023, while accumulated growth in economic activity in the first two months was 5.1%. Key contributors to accumulated growth included financial intermediation, insurance & pension funds (+13.6%); private construction (+13.3%); and hotels & restaurants (+6.5%). The Imae figure for February follows 4.8% year-on-year growth in January and 5.1% year-on-year growth in December. According to BCH, the Imae year-on-year figure for February is the highest of the last five years.
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