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Economy & Business - January 2012 (ISSN 1741-7430)
BOLIVIA: Government tries direct borrowing
To the horror of at least one former central bank president, the government has launched a scheme to allow Bolivians to buy government debt over the counter, rather than via a financial intermediary. Armando Méndez Morales, a former president of the central bank (BCB), said that the government was simply issuing debt to finance its fiscal deficit rather than to manage monetary policy and control inflation.
- Latin America’s moment
- Waiting for the domestic economy
- Shooting for 4%
- ARGENTINA: Pressure on the model
- CHILE: Copper powers exports
- PARAGUAY: Inflation undershoots
- URUGUAY: Trade hits a new record
- BOLIVIA: Government tries direct borrowing
- COLOMBIA: Bit of a boom
- ECUADOR: Leaner and meaner public sector drives boom
- PERU: Humala goes off to Davos
- VENEZUELA: Recovering
- Macroeconomic data and forecasts
- COSTA RICA: Still scooping high-tech investment
- CUBA: Venezuela stays loyal
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Government switches to inflation targeting
- EL SALVADOR : Lagging
- GUATEMALA : Pérez Molina bets on FDI
- HONDURAS : Pressure mounts
- NICARAGUA: Central bank still bullish
- PANAMA: Bank assets grow
- AGRICULTURE: La Niña wreaks havoc
- COFFEE: Banking on Brazil
- ENERGY: Is Ecuador sticking to the spirit of Yasuní?
- BUSINESS: Anglo American comes under more pressure
- DEBT: Colombia to increase borrowing in 2012