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Economy & Business - April 2011 (ISSN 1741-7430)
BANANAS: Problems for Ecuador
The world's biggest banana exporter, Ecuador, is blaming the European
Union (EU)'s change from a quota to a tariff system for the sharp increase in
banana prices in the EU. Classically, tariffs should nudge prices down when they
replace quotas, but this has not happened in the EU.
- MEXICO: The best of the recovery over
- BRAZIL: A strong Real or a weak dollar?
- ARGENTINA: OK, for now
- CHILE: Central bank frets about inflation
- PARAGUAY: The problems of the boom
- URUGUAY: The boom creates jobs
- BOLIVIA: Morales tries to transform agriculture
- COLOMBIA: Bit of boom
- ECUADOR: Down playing Atpdea
- PERU: Problems ahead
- VENEZUELA: Going better?
- COSTA RICA: Fiscal deficit jumps in first quarter
- CUBA: Dancing on the spot
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: New eco tourism focus
- EL SALVADOR: Remittances still rising
- GUATEMALA: Business confidence picks up
- HONDURAS: Managing, just about
- NICARAGUA: Ortega reveals size of Venezuelan support
- PANAMA: State continues hiring
- BANANAS: Problems for Ecuador
- COFFEE: Record coffee prices fuel one locomotive
- OIL: Colombia's oil company becomes a player
- BUSINESS: Slim's record US$1bn fine may be a phantom
- The weak dollar problem