Bantrab of Guatemala will increase its international funding baseTuesday, November 4, 2008 The Master Guarantee Agreement will allow the Workers' Bank to receive $10.61 million in funds. The agreement was signed by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE) and the Workers' Bank (Bantrab) and guaranteed by the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex–Im). Price crisis has market solutionsMonday, May 5, 2008 The worldwide and national alert for the increase in price of many products such as grains, the basic consumer basket of goods, and services such as transportation and electricity can be overcome without government interventions, through the free market and encouragement of entrepreneurial activities. That's the opinion of American economist James Gwartney, economics professor at Florida State University and co-author of the "Global Economic Freedom" Index. El Salvador: Remittances Increase 5% in 2019Wednesday, January 15, 2020 Last year the country received $5.65 billion in family remittances, which is 5% more than the amount reported in 2018. In 2019, the central zone of the country received 36.6% of total remittances, equivalent to $2,069.7 million, followed by the eastern zone with 32.1%, or $1,811 million. The western zone totaled $946.7 million (16.8% of the total) and the paracentral zone received $680.7 million, equivalent to 12% of total remittances, reported the Central Reserve Bank (BCR). |
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