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 ...

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The government’s controversial Law 30 ignited a public outcry, and moved the Martinelli administration to appoint a committee to subject it to a 90-day review. The law, slipped through ...

Though European countries’ fiscal woes are bound to deal a blow to Panamanian export growth, Panama’s substantial public sector investment program, and the expansion of the Panama ...

President Ricardo Martinelli´s approval rating fell from 80.5% in April to 71.3% in May – still, he remains one of the most popular presidents in Latin America after El Salvador’s ...

No single sector contributed more than 7.6% of GDP to the economy over the past decade, which began with Panama’s assumption of the Canal. The decade’s fastest-growing sectors were ...

Real GDP rose 2.4% in 2009, after turning out a 3.5% recovery in Q4. We consider the outlook for 2010-2012 quite positive, with a projected CAGR of real GDP of 5.6%. On the demand ...

Preliminary estimates suggesting last year’s budget deficit at 1% of GDP are both better than forecast, and well within the limits set by the Fiscal Responsibility Law. The investment ...

Panamanians celebrated the tenth anniversary of their assumption and ownership of the Panama Canal, on December 31st, recalling that some analysis had questioned whether a country ...

After expanding 10.7% in 2008, real GDP growth slowed significantly in 2009. But by Q3 growth was still running 2.1% y/y – in contrast to the much tougher picture in most of the rest ...

The Non Financial Public Sector budget deficit was running at $575.2 million to Q3, equivalent to 2.3% of GDP, up from just 0.4% of GDP for the same period in 2008. At the end of October,

Real GDP in 2008 grew more than initially thought, expanding 10.7%, not 9.2% as previously published, the Comptroller General found. This was due mainly to adjustments in services ...

Real GDP is likely to grow only 1.5% in 2009, down from 9.2% last year, but we see growth rebounding to 3.9% in 2010 and 6.1% in 2011. Exports contracted this year, and won’t really ...