Strike's Real ImpactIn September, economic activity in Costa Rica barely grew 2.5%, 0.3% over the previous month, mainly because of the effects of the activity stoppage caused by public employee unions.Tuesday, November 13, 2018
The Central Bank of Costa Rica reported that the country's production, measured by the trend cycle series of the Monthly Economic Activity Index (IMAE), presented in September 2018 a year-on-year growth of 2.5%, which is 0.3 percentage points (p.p.) lower than the year-on-year growth of the previous month and 0.6 p.p. to September 2017. ¿Busca soluciones de inteligencia comercial para su empresa?Do you need to keep track of the key economic indicators in Central America?Request more information about our Regional Economic Monitor. Need assistance? Contact us
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Guatemala: Economic Activity AcceleratesJuly 2019 After economic activity in April reported a 2.8% year-on-year growth, in May the variation was 3.3%, mainly because of the behavior of commercial activity. Strike and Economic SlowdownFebruary 2019 Because of the strong impact of the strike of public employees in the last months of the year, at the end of 2018 economic activity in Costa Rica reported a growth of just 2%, down from 3% reported at the end of 2017. Construction Keeps Dynamizing Economic ActivityDecember 2018 Partly because of the growth in private construction, economic activity in Costa Rica reported a 2.9% year-on-year increase in October. Private Services Dynamize Economic ActivityDecember 2018 During October, economic activity in Guatemala reported a 3.3% increase over the same month in 2017, mainly because of the performance of private services and wholesale and retail trade.
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