El Salvador: Divided Country

CENTRAL AMERICA - Report 28 Mar 2014 by Francisco de Paula Gutierrez

Executive Summary We don’t expect major changes in El Salvador’s economic performance this year. Growth will stay low, at about 2%. We also expect inflation to be low, though it will rise above the 0.8% of 2013.The fiscal and current account deficits will be relatively high, increasing the financial requirements needed to sustain government spending, and to cover the excess of internal demand over domestic production. Unemployment and poverty will continue to be the major concerns, along with the problems derived from crime and security issues. The March 9th runoff election brought a clear ...

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