Today, I’m posting an analysis made by a Santa Cruz reputable economist: Ruling gov disguises public investment figures! The central government disguised figures of public investment, including bonus payments (dignity rent, Juana Azurduy, Juancito Pinto) on investment which is not, includes payments of salaries of the consultants of public companies, which nor is investment in…
Tag: macroeconomics
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…
About the long-awaited fiscal pact in Bolivia
An Editorial from El Diario about one of the top priorities in Bolivia’s development: About the fiscal pact Under this item the inescapable premise is that without this agreement, autonomy is not possible, even if it appears in the Constitution. The autonomous governments are not possible without the necessary resources. This pact since its start…
Bolivian government begins to crumble as they failed with economic policies
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: Memories from the present The “opinion makers” win The side of the “opinion makers” [pundits] as the minister of economy calls them, to those who warn severity of the coming crisis, is gaining popularity. Last week, President Evo Morales passed to the ranks of the “pundits” and, in that…
Capitalization: The Politics of Privatization in Bolivia
This document is extremely important to understand what was accomplished before, so that this ochlocracy cold have such bonanza. It is important to understand that over $120 billion dollars came to Bolivia since the coca-grower caudillo assumed the presidency… what happened with that money? aside of purchasing luxury vehicles, motorcycles, planes, and intention to build…
Could the masismo confront successfully another economic situation?
Carlos Tornado writes in Pagina Siete: Another economic situation? When Evo Morales rose to power, many analysts said the mismanagement of the economy could get him out of his presidential chair, but nine years passed and the President is firmly seated in power. What happens is that they failed to see that the world economy,…
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