The Lehman effect on Costa Rica

Analysts and economic gurus are forecasting a dark future for the Costa Rican economy, after the failure of Lehman Brothers.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Things could get worse with the announce on Sunday of the sudden sale of Merrill Lynch, in which the Central Bank of Costa Rica probably has some assets, to Bank of America.
The main advice given is that the economic agents should prepare to face the hardships that are coming; due to international conditions we will probably have a tough end of year and a complicated started in 2009
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