For the second consecutive month, Commerce and Transport were the sectors that contributed most to the year-on-year increase of 5% recorded in economic activity up to the month of April.
From a statement issued by the General Comptroller of the Republic:
The Monthly Index of Economic Activity (IMAE) in the Republic, for January-March 2018, grew by 3.77%, compared to the same period in 2017.The interannual monthly variation in April 2018 was 4.64%, compared to the same month in the previous year.
In April, the IMAE registered an interannual increase of 1.6% compared to the same month in 2017, below the average rate of 2.9% reported in the first three months of the year.
Citing a long history of fiscal and monetary policy characterized by prudent management, the rating agency Moody's maintained the country's credit risk rating in Ba1.
The IMAE registered an interannual increase of 3.8%, mainly explained by the activities of Financial Intermediation, Insurance and Pension Funds, and the Manufacturing Industry.
From a statement issued by Banco Central de Honduras:
Moody's has changed the rating outlook from positive to stable, citing the economic impact of the rupture of the consensus model for a national dialogue.
From a statement issued by Moody's:
New York, June 13, 2018 -- Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") has today changed Nicaragua's rating outlook to stable from positive and affirmed its B2 long-term issuer ratings.
Between January and May, family remittances received by the country totaled $2.228 billion, registering an increase of 8.9% compared to the same period in the previous year.
The Central Reserve Bank reported that "... El Salvador received US $2.2276 billion in family remittances up to May 2018, an additional US $182.9 million (8.9% more) than the income received under this concept in the same period in the previous year, reported the Central Reserve Bank.In the month of May alone, the country received US $ 493.7 million, with a year-on-year growth of 7.1%."
Fitch Ratings has kept the debt rating in foreign currency at "B-", arguing that political tension has been reduced following the pension reform approved in October last year and the budget passed in January of this year.
Fitch Ratings-New York-13 June 2018: Fitch Ratings has affirmed El Salvador's long-term, foreign-currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'B-' with a Stable Outlook.
In response to the rupture of the dialogue on the part of the Ortega administration, companies and citizen organizations have called for a national strike on Thursday, June 14.
Demanding the cessation of repression by the Government and the resumption of the National Dialogue, social and business organizations, called for a general strike to take place tomorrow.
During the first five months of 2018, remittances received from abroad totaled $1.974 billion, 9% more than the amount received in the same period in 2017.
According to figures from the Central Bank of Honduras (BCH), between the first five months of 2017 and 2018, the country saw an increase in the volume of remittances received, rising from $1.812 billion to $1.974 billion.
In the fifth month of the year, the CPI registered a monthly variation of 0.47%, mainly explained by the behavior of the prices of Transportation and Food.
From a report by the National Statistics Institute:
For the third quarter of the year, 10% of companies in Guatemala plan to increase their hirings and 85% believe they will not make any changes.
ManpowerGroup presented the Employment Expectations Survey corresponding to the III Quarter of the year, and highlighted in the results is the fact that 4% of companies consultedforesee that staff reductions will be made in the coming months.
In addition to the fall of 2% reported in March, the affiliation of 878,500 social security workers was recorded in April, 4% less than the number reported in the same month in 2017.
The Central Bank of Nicaragua (BCN) reported that according to the administrative records of the INSS, they indicate that between the months of April 2017 and 2018, the number of insured persons decreased from 914,276 to 896,869 workers, which is equivalent to a fall of 3.9%.
Information and communications, and professional activities, were the sectors that accounted for most of the increase recorded during the fourth month of 2018.
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