Costa Rica: Economic activity grows by 4.4% in May 2018

The acceleration of the indicator, compared to what had been observed in previous months, was mainly due to the recovery of the construction industry and increased external demand of manufactured products under special regime, reported the Central Bank of Costa Rica. 19659002] According to the report, the series of cyclical trends in the Monthly Economic Activity Index (MAEI) showed annual and average growth of 4.4% and 3.7%, respectively, in May 2018. In addition, in the month of comment, all economic activities showed positive interannual variations.

The construction shows a variation of 13.3%, mainly due to the resumption of works with a private destination (15.9%), due to the construction of works intended for the commercial activity and to industrial buildings; it has also influenced, although to a lesser extent, the construction of parking lots and infrastructure works for urbanizations.

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Guatemala: Economic activity grows by 3% in May 2018

July 2018

Financial and economic intermediation are the sectors that recorded the most of the rise recorded in the index of economic activity

According to the monthly report of the Bank of Guatemala:

The economic activity measured by the Estimate of the IMAE in May 2018 showed a growth rate of 2.6% (2.2% in May 2017).

Costa Rica: Economic activity grows by 2.4%

January 2018

The annual growth recorded in November 2017 is mainly due to manufacturing activities and business services.

From the Central Bank of Costa Rica Report:

The cyclical trend series of the Monthly Economic Activity Index (MAEI) in November 2017 showed a year-on-year change of 2.4 %, down 2.2 percentage points (pp) from a year before.

Costa Rica: Economic activity grows to 4.4%

September 2017

Services explained 70% of the 4.4% year-over-year variation recorded in the monthly index of 39%. Economic activity in July of this

According to the report of the Central Bank of Costa Rica:

The series of cyclical trends in the Monthly Index of Economic Activity (IMAE) had an interannual variation of 4.4% in July 2017, up 0.9 percentage points (pp) from the same period of the previous year; In contrast, the average growth in July 2017 was 4.3%. [GRAFICA caption=”Clic para interactuar con la gráfica”]

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April 2016

Annual growth in goods and services production as of January 2016 was 4.9%, or nearly 3 percentage points of more than in January 2015.

From the Monthly Economic Situation Report of the Central Bank:

The production of goods and services of the country, as measured by the series of cyclical trends in the monthly index of l 39; economic activity, recorded in January 2016 an interannual variation of 4.9%, up 2.8 percentage points (pp) compared to the same month of the previous year (2.1%).