Ecuador’s Country Risk Plummets After Election, But Challenges Remain

Quito. The first messages of Ecuador’s presidential spokesmen, after yesterday’s election result, came from the government minister, José de la Gasca. And there was also enthusiastic support for President Daniel Noboa of all business unions, especially to “build consensus and advance towards a common agenda that promotes the generation of employment, competitiveness, investment and sustainable development of the country,” as stated in a statemen…

Ecuador’s Country Risk Plummets After Election, But Challenges Remain

Ecuador’s country risk index dropped to 1,282 points on April 14, 2025, after President Daniel Noboa secured re-election, according to the Central Bank. This sharp fall, the largest daily drop since Ecuador adopted the US dollar in 2000, signals renewed investor confidence. The index, which measures the extra yield investors demand to hold Ecuador’s bonds […]

Ecuador's Country Risk Index closed at 1,282 points on Monday, one day after the presidential election that gave Daniel Noboa victory on Sunday, after reaching 1,908 points in the days leading up to the elections. Guillermo Avellán, general manager of the Central Bank of Ecuador, highlighted that this is the "strongest" daily reduction since the beginning of dollarization in January 2000. "The election results contributed to a perception of lowe…

Faced with the victory of Daniel Noboa over the candidate of the correismo, Luisa González, in the presidential elections on Sunday, April 13, the markets have reacted with optimism, causing a significant drop in risk country of almost 600 points in a day.

Quito, 15 Apr (Latin Press) Ecuador's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) registered a decrease of -2.0 percent in 2024, Daniel Noboa's first year at the head of the Executive, according to data from the Central Bank (BCE) released today. Ecuador's post Economy fell in the first year of Noboa's term of office first appeared on Noticias Prensa Latina.

Ecuador’s risk premium dropped 562 points on Monday, April 14, 2025, following the president’s new electoral victory, Daniel Noboa. The indicator closed at 1,282 points, according to the report of the Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE). The ‘country risk’ index measures the overprice paid by the state to finance itself in