Weekly Report - 20 April 2017 (WR-17-15)

BOLIVIA | Booming growth. On 12 April Bolivia’s central bank (BCB) predicted that the country’s economy would grow by 4.7% this year. If fulfilled, the BCB’s 2017 growth forecast would make Bolivia the fastest growing economy in South America for the second year running, having posted GDP growth of 4.3% in 2016 on official figures. Meanwhile the BCB’s 2017 inflation forecast is that this will fall to around 5%, one of the lowest and more stable inflation rates in the region.