Jamaica

Although the latest sovereign risk ratings data shows no change in the average overall score for Latin America since our last (October) update, we continue to see 2013 as a challenging... 2013-02-28

Even after a wave of downgrades to our sovereign risk ratings for Latin America in our previous (August) update, further macroeconomic forecast revisions have seen us undertake another... 2012-10-17

Latin America has seen its overall sovereign risk profile deteriorate on account of recent economic growth downgrades in the region. We believe that macroeconomic headwinds will continue... 2012-08-16

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

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