Dominican Republic

BMI View: Our proprietary sovereign risk rating scores appear broadly in line with market sentiment, although compared to the major ratings agencies we are more pessimistic about... 2011-09-29

BMI View: While the top half of our sovereign risk ratings has seen little change since last quarter, in the bottom half we believe there are a handful of economies that are facing... 2011-07-07

Latin America emerged relatively unscathed, both economically and politically, from the period of surging commodity prices in early 2011. With prices set to moderate in the second... 2011-06-24

BMI View: Latin America's sovereign risk credentials continue to improve overall, boosted by broadly strong growth rates and high commodity prices. However, we caution that the outlook... 2011-02-09

Rising inflation will be a concern for economies across Latin America and the Caribbean in 2011. For some countries the main issue will be one of policy, and the maintenance of authorities'... 2011-02-01

While Q310 shows that the Dominican Republic's fiscal situation has improved markedly, registering a surplus for the first time since 2007, we still believe the government has some... 2011-01-12

The 2011 budget was passed by the Chamber of Deputies on 20 December by 99 votes to eight, with all 54 opposition Partidio Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD) deputies abstaining.

Allegations of corruption contained in recently published Wikileaks cables are the latest in a long line of scandals to hit President Leonel Fernández's government, which could in... 2011-01-11

The ball is rolling as far as the Dominican Republic's plan to return to the international capital markets is concerned, with the authorities clearly keen to seize on the return in... 2009-10-12

The financial storm that swept across global markets last year has rapidly degenerated into an economic hurricane. Consequently, we have grown bearish on Latin America's economic... 2009-01-30