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COUNTRY INSIGHTS
NEW EXPENDITURE CUT
ECUADOR · In Brief · 19 Aug 2015
Minister of Finance, Fausto Herrera announced that the government will cut $800 million from expenditures in addition to the $1.42 billion announced back in January 2015. Public investment will be reduced by $700 million and current expenditures by $100 million. We already expected a new cut anno...
COTOPAXI: SERIOUS THREAT OF ERUPTION
ECUADOR · In Brief · 15 Aug 2015
Cotopaxi, the highest active volcano in the world and located close to largely populated areas including Quito, had three important explosions last Friday and the government has raised the alert from yellow to orange. The government has also issued a decree declaring an "state of exception" which...
Growth Slows Amid Loss of Confidence
ECUADOR · Report · 22 Jul 2015
Executive SummaryEcuadorians are already seeing the painful effects of falling oil prices. Though Q1 economic growth was 3% y/y, but it was down 0.5% from Q4 2014, deepening the downtrend that started in 2013. Household consumption fell 0.57% q/q, government consumption by 1.7%, and gross capital...
“I Don’t Believe in Bequests, For Either Family Or Businesses”
ECUADOR · Report · 22 Jun 2015
Executive Summary That was the thrust of President Rafael Correa’s statement, during a recent media appearance in Guayaquil, in response to Ecuadorians’ massive opposition to new bills that would sharply increase bequest and capital gains taxes. The country, led by Quito and Guayaquil, has been s...
Too Little, Too Late
ECUADOR · Report · 21 May 2015
Executive Summary It has taken the government more than six months to recognize that the oil price slide is not temporary, and that structural changes in the industry likewise require structural changes in its macroeconomic approach. President Rafael Correa has finally announced that he will purc...
All You Need Is Ecuador!
ECUADOR · Report · 29 Apr 2015
Executive SummaryIn a plan to develop tourism as a main public revenue source, the government has launched a massive marketing campaign it calls “All you need is Ecuador” – a slogan meant to evoke the Beatles’ song “All You Need is Love.” President Rafael Correa traveled to the United States to p...
Growth Outlook Wan, as Government Hunts for Finance
ECUADOR · Forecast · 20 Apr 2015
Executive Summary The dramatic fall in oil prices has forced the government to cut $1.4 billion from its 2015 budget – so we expect growth to plunge year, though it should recover somewhat if certain hydroelectric projects begin operating by mid-2016.We project 2015 growth at less than 1%, if oil...
Capacity To Pay Debt Tightening While Willingness To Pay Goes Up
ECUADOR · Report · 24 Mar 2015
Executive Summary Around 100,000 people from all sectors of the economy marched last Thursday to protest against the draconian import taxes recently imposed by the government to control the balance of trade deficit.However, this was not the only claim.The arrogance of the regime, the attacks to f...
Ecuadorian Government: Whatever it takes
ECUADOR · In Brief · 12 Mar 2015
Despite cuts of $1.4 b in expenditures, the 2015 budget still shows financing needs above $10 b. China came to the rescue with a comprehensive package of loans that amount to $7.5 b but only about $4b will be available in this year. This issue combined with falling yields for the Ecuadorian bonds...
Minister Takes Fall For Trade Drade
ECUADOR · Report · 02 Mar 2015
Executive Summary Minister of Industries Francisco Rivadeneira was fired on February 19th, apparently over a dramatic tariff hike on Colombian and Peruvian imports, a move quickly rescinded in the Colombian case, and being reconsidered for Peru. Falling oil prices, combined with dollar appreciati...
China To The Rescue
ECUADOR · Report · 19 Jan 2015
Executive Summary The government announced that Eximbank and the China Development Bank had agreed to extend $7.5 billion in loans.Though Minister of Finance Fausto Herrera said $4 billion would probably be disbursed in 2015, it’s likely that only $1.5 billion will be available to help finance th...
The High Opportunity Cost of Arrogance
ECUADOR · Report · 23 Dec 2014
Executive SummaryPresident Correa has accustomed us to his displays of ideology bias and haughtiness. This past week the government denied entrance to a group of representatives from the German environmental parliament. The impasse ended up with Ecuador terminating the environmental cooperation w...
Between Popularity and Need
ECUADOR · Forecast · 25 Nov 2014
Executive SummaryWe’ve lowered our 2014 economic growth projections, to 3.8%-4% from 4.5%, given the post-August plunge in oil prices. We see the deficit at 5.8% of GDP, and the current account deficit remaining low, at 0.4% of GDP, driven by this year’s trade deficit shrinkage. This latter is co...
In The Search For Money
ECUADOR · Report · 29 Sep 2014
Executive SummaryThe fiscal deficit for 2014 will reach $7272 million or 7% of GDP –the highest since year 2000. The government has secured 74% of financing as of September and needs to raise $3 billion more before year end to cover total financing needs that are at $11.3 billion.In this context ...
An Urgent Search for Funds
ECUADOR · Forecast · 18 Aug 2014
Executive SummaryThe gauge in the Treasury’s coffers veered toward empty, with just $348 million in cash on average between January and May, down from $1.25 billion during the same period last year. Unsurprisingly, the government is aggressively campaigning to control liquidity. The new Monetary ...