Pagina siete: The WB foresees growth of 3.9% for Bolivia The World Bank (WB) foresees that in 2021 Bolivia will reach a growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 3.9%, a figure lower than that estimated by the Government in the General State Budget (PGE), of 4.8% . [Opinion of Bolivian Thoughts: The populist,…
Tag: macroeconomics
Lo mismo – The same
Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: Starting errors You could say that President Luis Arce has started by doing what all rookie presidents should do: criticize his predecessor. Only the Popes do not criticize their predecessors, because of the risk that the domino effect reaches the Holy Spirit, or even higher. He began by blaming the economic…
La situación real del país – The real situation of the country
Eric Cardenas, Página Siete: Statistics are used to establish the real situation of a society, especially in terms of economic and social performance, citizen Isaac Mamani Huanca in the magazine Ideas of a morning colleague newspaper on the 11th of this month, has compiled a series of data statistics from international organizations and institutions that…
¿Y ahora qué? – Now, what?
Editorial, El Diario: Pathetic inheritance for the new government Whichever new government holds the reins of the State in its hands, it will encounter great economic and, therefore, social and political difficulties. The waste of the last fourteen years by the mismanagement of the MAS of Evo Morales-García Linera reaches incredible proportions. Added to that…
Moody’s cuts Bolivia to B2
Daniel Bases, Latin Finance: Ratings agency cites erosion of fiscal and currency reserve buffers, weak hydrocarbon sector Moody’s on Tuesday cut Bolivia’s foreign currency sovereign credit rating further deeper into junk territory, reducing the rating to B2 from B1, citing diminishing fiscal and foreign currency reserves. At the same time the rating was lowered, the…
Bolivia: increased poverty – aumento de la pobreza
El Diario reports: In recent years INE data update reveals increased poverty Extreme poverty increased to 12.9% and the poverty situation to 37.2% In recent years, poverty and extreme poverty have increased in the country. The update of the data on the basic food basket, carried out by the National Statistics Institute (INE) reveals this…
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