Dominican Republic

The outlook on the Dominican Republic's sovereign credit rating remains negative, as the economy's external liquidity position appears to be evaporating. While government measures... 2008-07-25

By agreeing to abandon the previous Stand-by arrangement with the Dominican Republic, the IMF is demonstrating a great deal of confidence in the economic policies of President Leonel... 2008-06-26

As 2007 draws to a close, Latin America looks to have chalked up another impressive year of above-trend growth, expanding on average by 4.9% according to BMI's preliminary estimates.... 2007-12-27

With the peso slowly settling down towards a plateau at DOP33.50/US$, currency stability should remain the order of the day in the Dominican Republic. Modest depreciation has been... 2007-10-17

monetary policy, comparisons with previous rate-cutting episodes in 1998 and 2001 will inevitably be made. Although it is risky to rely too much on historical parallels, it is worth... 2007-09-21

After a long period of relative calm since June 2006, volatility in global assets returned with a vengeance in February, with equity markets dropping and bond spreads widening. This... 2007-03-23

The latest edition of our sovereign risk ratings capture two key developments that unfolded in 2006 and that will (we expect) unfold in 2007. The first theme we have observed is that... 2006-12-22