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Economy & Business - January 2012 (ISSN 1741-7430)
COLOMBIA: Bit of a boom
The strong first 17 months of President Juan Manuel Santos’s administration have prompted foreign investors to reassess their view of the economy. In the first half of January, foreign investment poured in, pushing the value of the Colombian peso up by 6% against the US dollar.
- 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