In an attempt to hide the complicated economic situation, the country is going through, local authorities have not published information on the Monthly Economic Activity Index since February 2019, when the year-on-year drop was 7.5%. This prevents businessmen from making decisions based on the real situation of the economy.

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The lack of official information has meant that the reports on the economic situation prepared by the Superior Council of Private Enterprise (Cosep) and the Nicaraguan Foundation for Economic and Social Development (Funides) lack current information.

Mario Arana, general manager of the Nicaraguan Association of Producers and Exporters (APEN), told Laprensa.com that the decision not to give more information to the Central Bank of Nicaragua was possibly because of "... the current tension between the government and the private sector, as companies feel mistreated and therefore do not feel obliged to give information to the Central Bank."

Arana added that strangely enough, he was asked as APEN's general manager to provide information on its financial statements, something he had never been asked for before, which he interprets as a message of intimidation.

Source: laprensa.com.ni

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