Costa Rica: Government Urges to Issue More Eurobonds

The Ministry of Finance plans to present a new bill in the Legislative Assembly to issue $4.5 billion in foreign debt bonds next year.

Monday, September 2, 2019

The amount that will be requested is what is needed to reach the $6 billion that was requested this year before Congress, of which only $1.5 billion was authorized. Therefore, if the $4.5 billion is guaranteed, the amount initially requested would be obtained.

Rocío Aguilar, Finance Minister, explained to Elfinancierocr.com that "... the Eurobonds bill will enter the legislative stream in the next few days. But there is no exact date for its presentation."

Aguilar added that "... the data from the 2020 National Budget, which shows a 4.3% drop with respect to this year and a slower rate of growth in wages and salary incentives within current spending, will become convincing arguments for Congress to consider the approval of the new Eurobonds plan for $4.5 billion."

As a result of the fact that in 2019 the country only authorized the issuance of Eurobonds for $1.5 billion, Fitch Ratings foresees that in the country the uncertainty about financing could resurface, since the approval of Congress, which restricts the amount of issuance and time, will lead to similar governmental requests in the coming years.

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