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Economy & Business - July 2011 (ISSN 1741-7430)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Economic problems will feature in 2012 polls
Economic issues are likely to feature highly in next year’s elections. Annual inflation is now heading towards double digits. In June the consumer price index rose 1.02% month-on-month, according to central bank figures.
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- ARGENTINA: Glimmerings of an industrial policy
- CHILE: Larraín frets
- PARAGUAY: Rumbles
- URUGUAY: Inflation the focus of attention
- BOLIVIA: Rising gas demand fuels state profits
- COLOMBIA: Dutch disease worries
- ECUADOR: Powering on
- PERU: Ollanta is aiming high
- VENEZUELA: Chávez tries for price controls
- COSTA RICA: Government hits revenue problems
- CUBA: The food problem persists
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Economic problems will feature in 2012 polls
- EL SALVADOR: Key percentages still not right
- GUATEMALA: Govt threatens to slash spending in order to pressure congress
- HONDURAS: Changes to the exchange rate system
- NICARAGUA: Private sector gets hot under the collar
- PANAMA: Consumer confidence droops
- OIL: Venezuela now number one, but Brazil looming
- COPPER: Codelco strikers halt output
- OIL: Opec forecasts decline for Pemex
- BANANAS & SUGAR: Brazil allows Ecuadorean bananas in again
- RETAIL: Polar’s problems continue
- DEBT: Dominican Republic issues US$500m