For the first time ever, serious questions have arisen as to the integrity of GDP growth figures published by the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV). There are suggestions floating that ...

The results of one of the two most recent government auctions of bandwidth, known officially as Auction Number 21, has been validated by the regulatory authorities overseeing the industry....

Since our last writing on the September 12th referendum outcomes, which made the ratification call, the pro-ratification momentum appears to have stalled. In fact, two polls claim ...

Bad policy is pushing the country into recession, and we see no rescue in sight. Falling inflation rates are coming down only because of the recession—not because of successful anti-inflation...

The current account deficits in Brazil have been rising and will continue doing so. This is a consequence of macroeconomic policies that increase total domestic absorption above GDP ...

Two concurrent polls show opposite trends in President Ricardo Martinelli’s popularity ratings: one says his approval rating rose 10.7 points in July; the other that it dropped by ...

Leading indicators are all up and with the new mining production data showing good number we will soon have that trend up as well. Consumer confidence numbers reflecting the enthusiastic ...

One of the main risks afflicting the Argentine economy is the rapid growth of fiscal spending, which, together with a lax monetary policy and virtually no access to voluntary financing—either...

In July, current account balance resulted with negative numbers. Depressed export and seasonal import growth caused CA deficit last month. Falling metallurgy and agriculture sales ...

The Philippine economy still performed at high gear in 2Q2010 as export recovery, national elections and reconstruction spending combined to pull up national output. At 7.9%, the country’s ...

The most recent Datafolha poll, conducted between the 23rd and 24th of August, and published in today's edition of the newspaper Folha de São Paulo shows that Dilma’s lead has risen ...

Many main indicators continue to show weakening signs: fixed asset investment slowed to 21.5% in July from 22.2% in June; industrial output fell to 17% from 17.6%; and consumer spending ...

Industry Mitigates Growth. In July, industry continued declining growth trend. Last month the industrial output resulted only with 6.4% YoY after 8.9% YoY a month ago. Money Supply ...

On a quarter-on-quarter (q/q) seasonally adjusted basis, real gross domestic product (GDP) growth during the second quarter of 2010 (Q2 2010) moderated to an annualised rate of 3.2%....

As expected, the Monetary Policy Committee left the policy rate (one-week repo rate) unchanged today at 7%, simple. The language was very similar to that in the previous statement,

H1 economic activity in GUATEMALA has shifted into recovery mode, rebounding from its severe slowdown in 2009, driven by merchandise exports and official capital inflows. As a result,

Behind President Rafael Correa’s ostensibly ideologically-neutral five-hour speech to the nation Aug. 10th was a core message of personal authority. The president went into detail ...

A possible rejection of the recently legislated constitutional amendment package on the September 12th referendum poses the most immediate risk to Turkish political stability, followed ...

Economic expectations continue to be on the rise. Growth expectations for the whole of 2010 have converged to 5 percent including a second quarter growth rate of over 6 percent. This ...

On August 10th, President Chávez met with President Santos in Santa Marta, a coastal city in northern Colombia. The estate in which they met has symbolic significance, since it was ...

Crisis, What Crisis? The clash between the generals and the AKP government during the August 1-4 High Military Tribunal (HMT) meeting has unsettled the markets, raised fears of a ...

Inflation will rise in the coming months because the economy is still hot, the chances have receded that the global economy will negatively affect the Brazilian economy and the probability ...

Q2-2010 was more positive than the beginning of the year. The pace of growth of the Russian economy picked up to 5.4% y-o-y (compared to 2.9% in Q1-2010). Consumer demand and business ...

China’s GDP grew 10.3% yoy in Q2 2010, a significant dip from Q1’s 11.9%. Since there were signs of overheating earlier this year, we should read the drop-off as a positive development: ...

After a year of deep recession, the banking sector has finally begun to slowly revive. But the system still faces serious problems, mostly due to the newly-nationalized banks. Although ...