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Economy & Business - November 2011 (ISSN 1741-7430)
ECUADOR: Budget and new taxes
The budget for 2012 calls for spending of US$26bn. The bill was sent to the national assembly at the beginning of November. The government has outraged the business sector by using the constitutional small print to get a new batch of taxes “approved” by congress.
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- Surprisingly good
- Gliding towards sustainability
- ARGENTINA: A raging argument
- CHILE: Growth slows
- PARAGUAY: The cost of the rising dollar
- URUGUAY: Inflation becomes a problem
- BOLIVIA: Microfinance problems
- COLOMBIA: Central bank tightens
- ECUADOR: Budget and new taxes
- PERU: Still growing well
- VENEZUELA: Growing respectably again
- COSTA RICA: Budget approved but fiscal reform nixed
- CUBA: Building from the bottom
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Pre-election giveaway
- EL SALVADOR: Budget approved
- GUATEMALA: Congress approves US$7.6bn budget
- HONDURAS : No comment from IMF
- NICARAGUA: Ortega boosts budget
- Panama: IMF raises GDP forecast
- Big gas find in Argentina concentrates minds in Bolivia
- MEXICO & SHALE GAS: Onto the bandwagon
- CHILE: Codelco threatens Anglo over Mitsubishi deal
- Embraer cosies up to the US & finds its niche
- DEBT: Brazil upgraded