Costa Rica's GDP would only grow 2.6% by the end of 2018, mainly because of the effect of the three-month strike by public officials, the Nicaraguan crisis, rising global interest rates and uncertainty over tax reform.
From the International Monetary Fund statement:
December 12th, 2018. An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Ravi Balakrishnan visited San José from December 4 to 11 to discuss recent economic developments, the fiscal reform, and the overall macro and financial outlook. The mission held fruitful discussions with Central Bank Governor Rodrigo Cubero, Finance Minister Rocío Aguilar, members of the Legislative Assembly, other senior government officials, and representatives of the financial and private sectors. At the end of the visit, Mr. Balakrishnan issued the following statement:
In October 2015 the economy registered a growth of 3.2%, maintaining the recovery trend shown since April.
From a statement issued by the Central Bank of Costa Rica:
In October 2015 the country's production, measured by the cycle trend of the Monthly Economic Activity Index (IMAE) registered an average growth of 2.5% and an annual change of 3.2% (3.5% and 3, 1% in the same period in 2014, respectively).
In the first half of the yer, economic activity grew by 3.6% over the same period in 2014, driven in part by the 9% increase in credit to the private sector.
From a statement issued by Banco Central de Honduras:
The Central Bank of Honduras (BCH) presents the "Performance of the Honduran economy for the first half of 2015," which details the most important economic events that occurred in that period.
The Central Bank has confirmed the decline in domestic demand mainly in agriculture, trade, hotels and restaurants, and transport and storage.
From a statement issued by the Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR):
The country's economic activity, measured by the cycle trend of the Monthly Index of Economic Activity (IMAE), recorded a variation of 2.9% in January 2015, 0.4% lower than that observed a year earlier when production grew by 3.3% and 0.7% lower than the average growth of the indicator in 2014 (3.5%).
Economic activity grew by 4.3% at the end of the second quarter, with the sectors Agriculture and Private Services achieving the best results.
From the report by the Bank of Guatemala:
In the second quarter of 2014, economic activity measured by estimating real GDP showed a growth of 4.3% (4.7% in the same quarter of the previous year) as a result of the growth recorded by components in demand, among which were private consumption expenditure, recovery of investment in fixed capital and the observed growth in the volume of exports and imports of goods and services.