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Economy & Business - February 2008 (ISSN 1741-7430)
ECUADOR: Confident of a better 2008
President Rafael Correa claimed that GDP growth in the non-oil sector was
4.4% in 2007 and that this was satisfactory. It was the second worst performance
in South America (only Bolivia's growth was slower). What is more, if the
crucial oil sector in included in the figures, the overall GDP growth rate
slumped to 2.6%, according to the latest estimate from the central bank.
- The market turns Latin America's way
- MEXICO: Too good to be true?
- BRAZIL: Booming
- ARGENTINA: Wages surge ahead of inflation
- CHILE: Going wrong
- PARAGUAY: Central bank finds 97% tax evasion rate
- URUGUAY: Inflation falls in January
- BOLIVIA: Imports up by 22%
- COLOMBIA: Bank holds rates, but...
- ECUADOR: Confident of a better 2008
- VENEZUELA: Domestic problems predominate
- PERU: Economy grew by 8.3% in 2007
- BELIZE: Barrow wins
- COSTA RICA: Fiscal deficit returns in January
- CUBA: Government moves against foreign company employees
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: IMF criticises
- EL SALVADOR: Vulnerable to a US recession?
- GUATEMALA: Trade deficit hits new record
- HONDURAS: IMF and Honduras agree on key points
- NICARAGUA: Sandinistas and Liberals agree on budget
- PANAMA: GDP growth tops 10%
- AGRIBUSINESS: Cardamom prices rise
- OIL & GAS: Production decline accelerates at Pemex
- METALS: Chilean copper exports still rising
- IMF reveals Latin American censorship
- PRIVATISATION: Listing Petroperú
- REMITTANCES: PERU - Over US$2bn in 2007
- DEBT: Nicaragua promises to pay