Economy in Nicaragua

  • Global growth will be disappointing in 2016: IMF's Lagarde

    AFGHANISTAN, 2016/01/02 World economic increase will be disappointing next year and the outlook for the medium-term has as well deteriorated, the chief of the International Monetary Fund said in a guest article for German newspaper Handelsblatt published on Wednesday. IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said the prospect of rising interest rates in the United States and an economic slowdown in China were contributing to uncertainty and a higher risk of economic vulnerability worldwide. Added to that, increase in world trade has slowed considerably and a decline in raw material prices is posing problems for economies based on these, while the financial sector in a lot of nations still has weaknesses and financial risks are rising in emerging markets, she said.
  • Revised IMF forecasts signal gloom on global economic outlook

    AFGHANISTAN, 2015/01/20 Low oil prices will not provide a sufficient updraught to dispel the clouds hanging over the world economy, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday. In a sign of its increasing gloom about the medium term economic outlook, the IMF cut its world economic increase forecasts by 0.3 % points for both 2015 and 2016, despite believing cheaper oil represents a “shot in the arm”.
  • Televisa Case and Economic Stabilization Mark Week in Nicaragua

    NICARAGUA, 2012/12/29 Nicaragua lived this week under the media influence of the so-called Televisa case and signs of stabilization in the economic order. The alleged involvement of Televisa Mexican media corporation´s executives with the 18 Mexican nationals processed here by international drug trafficking, organized crime and money laundering, grabbed the spotlight in the last days. During the trial, police experts revealed that Televisa Vice President of Data, Amador Narcia, received most of the call made by the heads of the band formerly their capture and a signature similar to his credited the accused as supposed Televisa journalists.