LatinNews Regional Monitor: Caribbean & Central America - 09 October 2018

*The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released its latest global World Economic Outlook (WEO) update which forecasts that Panama is expected to lead economic growth in Central America in 2018, with 4.6% GDP growth forecast, followed by Honduras (3.5%), Costa Rica (3.3%), Guatemala (2.8%), and El Salvador (2.5%). The IMF forecasts that Nicaragua’s growth will contract (-4%) as a result of the political crisis which began mid-April stemming from the crackdown on anti-government protesters.

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