BRAZIL: The official inflation index (Ipca) ended the month of July at 0.19%. In the previous month the Ipca registered deflation of 0.21%.
BRAZIL: The National Social and Economic Development Bank (Bndes) posted a profit of R$3.31bn (US$1.47bn) in the first half of the year, 81% higher than the same period last year.
COSTA RICA: The economy grew 7.0% year-on-year in the first half of 2006, compared with a 4.7% expansion in the first half of 2005.
ECUADOR: Net tax revenues totaled US$415m in July, up 9.8% year-on-year according to the governemnt's tax agency.
EL SALVADOR: Coffee exports fell 5.3% year-on-year in July to 93,976 60kg bags, according to the Salvadoran coffee council.
EL SALVADOR: The consumer price index rose 1.26% month-on-month in July according to the economy ministry.
GUATEMALA: Remittances totalled US$2.05bn in the first seven months of the year, the central bank revealed. July's figure was US$303m.
PERU: The trade surplus rose to US$767m in June from US$479m in the same month last year, according to the central bank.
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