Dominican Republic

BMI View: We have grown extremely bearish on Latin America's growth prospects as the region faces a darker age of lower commodity prices, stricter financing, and waning demand. In... 2008-12-23

BMI View: We have grown extremely bearish on Latin America's growth prospects as the region faces a darker age of lower commodity prices, stricter financing, and waning demand. In... 2008-12-23

The sovereign credit profile in Latin America has deteriorated markedly since the last edition of our proprietary risk ratings, to the point where the region's creditworthiness is... 2008-11-13

In spite of the remarkable economic resilience exhibited across the region earlier in the year, global headwinds have now started to damage the macroeconomic outlook in Latin America.... 2008-08-14

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