Weekly Report - 10 July 2014 (WR-14-27)

HONDURAS | Strength of public finances questioned. On 8 July the Central American institute of fiscal studies (Icefi) released a study that cast doubts over the future financial stability of Honduras. The study, entitled ‘Honduras, the dangerous route towards indebtedness. Diagnosis of public finances 2010-2013 and prospects for 2014’, singles out a soaring fiscal deficit and a fast-growing public debt as the two key financial issues faced by the country.