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Economy & Business - March 2011 (ISSN 1741-7430)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Central bank acts
On 28 February the central bank raised interest rates by one
percentage point to 6%. In its statement, the monetary policy committee said
that it was responding to the January consumer price inflation (CPI) figure of
1.25% which brought the lagging 12 month CPI rate to 6.17%.
- Too much of a good thing?
- A haven but fundamental problems loom
- MEXICO: Picking up
- BRAZIL: Selic goes to two-year high
- ARGENTINA: Still on the up
- CHILE: Slamming on the brakes
- PARAGUAY: Unions try to cash in on boom
- URUGUAY: Message received and understood
- BOLIVIA: Morales hits some problems
- COLOMBIA: Regaining investment grade
- ECUADOR: Bullish
- PERU: Booming
- VENEZUELA: All about oil
- COSTA RICA: Worries about inflation
- CUBA: Devaluing
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Central bank acts
- GUATEMALA : Speculators accused over maize price rises
- HONDURAS: On the mend
- PANAMA: Overheating the risk
- NICARAGUA: Record exports
- OIL : Argentina's problem
- MINING: Japan keen on Bolivia's lithium
- BUSINESS: Latin America shifts on nuclear ambitions
- DEBT: Chile's booming debt market