Opinion reports: Bolivian exports fall 29.6 percent OPINION.- The country’s exports in the first half of 2015 fell by 29.6 percent compared to those recorded in the same period of 2014. Between January and June 2014 export earnings totaled $6,657 million dollars while in the same period this year the amount reached $4,687 million dollars,…
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Another “accomplishment” of the coca grower presidency… WTH?!
ANF reports in Pagina Siete: Foreign Trade Bolivia goes from exporter to importer of wood Since 2010, exports of wood and articles experienced a steady decline in the value of their sales, as opposed to imports that kept growing and exceeded exports in 2014 valued at $9 million dollars. The data show that from January…
Lunch rose to 49 percent in five years and Santa Cruz recorded the most expensive
ANF reports in Opinion: Lunch rose to 49 percent in five years and Santa Cruz recorded the most expensive The average price for lunch in the country climbed to 49 percent, depending on the region and in the city of Santa Cruz recorded the highest, according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) prepared by the…
Is there reason to believe that Bolivian exports reached the bottom?!
Gary Rodriguez writes in El Deber: Had the exports bottomed out? Data from the National Statistics Institute are lapidary: until May the value of Bolivian exports fell by 29%, with a severe drop in revenue for the country to the striking amount of $1,572 million dollars, just in the first five months of this year!…
Food inflation rose 2% in two months
La Prensa reports: JUBILEE FOUNDATION FOOD ROSE 2% IN TWO MONTHS The first two months of 2015, food prices rose 2%, as estimated by the Jubilee Foundation. The February rate was 0.11% and is lower than those recorded during the previous three months. According to INE, inflation in February was 0.34%; while food prices rose…
2014 food inflation in Bolivia
El Diario reports: 2014 Jubileo Foundation Evaluation: Food inflation reached 6.9% in 2014, average food prices rose by 6.9%, according to a report published yesterday by the Jubileo Foundation and released by Radio Fides. According to the data, this rate is lower than that achieved in 2013, when the variation was 10.4% and higher than…
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