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LatinNews Daily - 31 March 2025
In brief: El Salvador’s quarterly growth picks up
*El Salvador’s central bank (BCR) has released new figures showing that the country’s GDP in the fourth quarter of 2024 was 3.4% year-on-year. This is up from 1.18% in the third quarter, and 1.86% in the second quarter but down from 4.0% in the first. In quarterly terms, the country’s GDP expanded 3.18% in the fourth quarter compared with the previous quarter. This is up from -0.4% in the third, -0.18% in the second, and 0.8% in the first. The country posted 2.6% GDP growth in 2024, according to the latest BCR figures, down from 3.5% in 2023.
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