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Economy & Business - October 2003
Still waiting
Not only does the
government face a looming budget crunch, but it also has to contend with
a domestic economy that is still weakening. Whether the government will
hit its lower 2004 growth target must be moot. Industrial activity is
still declining.
- Economy recovers, but jobs and wages dwindle
- Gerry-built privatisations collapse
- Still waiting
- BRAZIL: Looking better, but unemployment and FDI disappoint
- ARGENTINA: Still pretty weak
- CHILE: More optimistic
- PARAGUAY: Shifting the tax burden from companies to individuals
- URUGUAY: Jam tomorrow
- VENEZUELA: Budget assumptions questioned
- BOLIVIA: Goni goes, after riots
- COLOMBIA: More taxpayers, but still a shortfall
- ECUADOR: Exports up 16%
- PERU: IMF backs new deal
- COSTA RICA: Consumers still uneasy
- CUBA: Government blames lack of credit
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Power cuts dog renationalisation
- EL SALVADOR: Bit of a boom
- GUATEMALA: Nervousness about the quetzal
- HONDURAS: Deputies say no to IMF
- NICARAGUA: Budget problems
- PANAMA: Construction and canal do well
- The problems with the MSCs
- Corporate profile: CANTV
- SOYA: Brazil enrages environmentalists
- Commodity briefs...
- BANANAS: Nicaraguan companies face court action
- Venezuelan central bank worried by banks' holdings