LatinNews Daily - 07 October 2025

*Nicaragua’s central bank (BCN) has released new figures for its monthly index of economic activity (Imae), registering 5.3% year-on-year growth in July 2025. This is down from 6.9% year-on-year growth in June 2025. The July year-on-year figure was driven by construction (+17.8%), mining (+15.6%), trade (+11.2%), and hotels and restaurants (+7.8%), among other sectors. Sectors to register a decline include public administration (-4.6%) and forestry (-2.7%). In seasonally adjusted terms, the Imae for July posted a decline of 0.8% on the previous month. In its latest forecast released in August, the United Nations (UN) Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Eclac) forecast that Nicaragua will post 3.1% GDP growth in 2025, down from 3.6% in 2024.

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