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See the 6 Economic Activities that Boosted Costa Rica’s Economic Growth in April 2025

Economy · Costa Rica

See the 6 Economic Activities that Boosted Costa Rica’s Economic Growth in April 2025

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Costa Rica's production reported an annual growth of 3.4% in April 2025, according to the Monthly Economic Activity Index (MAE), published on Wednesday, June 11 by the Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR).95.8% of the expansion was driven by the performance of economic activities in manufacturing, professional services, education and health services, transport, real estate services and trade.According to the IMAE of April, manufacturing contributed…See the Story

Death of teenager due to rare bacterial infection shocks South Carolina

Business · United Kingdom

Death of teenager due to rare bacterial infection shocks South Carolina

South Carolina is grieving the sudden and tragic loss of 14‑year‑old William 'Will' Hand—an eighth-standard student and an athlete—who died in early June of rare bacterial infection known as meningococcemia, also called meningococcal septicemia. Reports said Will felt unwell 8 June complaining of a severe headache and fever, before his condition rapidly deteriorated. Within hours, he started vomiting, had a high temperature, and a striking non-b…See the Story

Smaller cities don’t know what to do with their shuttered malls

Money · United States

Smaller cities don’t know what to do with their shuttered malls

Across the country, once-thriving malls are closing their doors, leaving behind hollowed-out buildings, shrinking tax bases, and tough questions about what to do next, The New York Times writes. Roughly 10 to 20 U.S. malls shut down each year, and many more are teetering on the edge. While some communities have successfully redeveloped aging retail centers into housing, health care hubs, or sports facilities, others remain mired in financial g…See the Story

CADEXCO Urges the Central Bank to Reduce TPM in the Face of Persistent Low Inflation

CADEXCO urges the Central Bank to reduce the PPM in the face of persistent low inflation San José, 13 Jun (elmundo.cr) – The Chamber of Exporters of Costa Rica (CADEXCO) made an urgent appeal to the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR) to reduce by at least 0.25% the Monetary Policy Rate (TPM) at its next session on June 19. Currently, the PMT remains at 4.00%, and the proposal seeks to take it to 3.75% as a measure to boo…Inflation · San José Read Article

Operations to Evict Homeless People Along the Guadeloupe River in San José

What you need to knowPresident Donald Trump attends the G7 summit in Alberta, Canada, where he held a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney for the first time this morning.Trump said before the summit that he plans to reach new trade agreements during his stay there.In addition to the G7 nations and the European Union, other countries, including Ukraine, Mexico, South Africa, India and Australia, were invited to attend.In brief statem…Donald Trump · San José Read Article

Inflation in Costa Rica. Know the Behavior of This Indicator by May 2025

The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC) reported on Friday, June 6, on the fall of May inflation in Costa Rica to -0.12%, a negative value that was not seen since November last year, when it was placed at -0.09.This indicator, established from the year-on-year variation in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), showed positive figures from December to April.However, in March, a downward trend appeared to indicate the result of May, sin…Inflation · Costa Rica Read Article

Inflation Year-on-Year Returns to Negative Territory and Closes at -0.12% in May

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Inflation in Costa Rica, measured by the year-on-year variation in the consumer price index (CPI), registered a fall in May 2025 and was -0.12%, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC) reported this Monday.This figure marks a return to negative values, which were not presented since November 2024.With this result, the indicator adds 25 consecutive months below the tolerance range established by the Central Bank (BCC…Inflation · Costa Rica Read Article

IMF Approves $1.5 Billion, 2-Year Flexible Line of Credit for Costa Rica

The IMF approved today a two-year arrangement for Costa Rica under the Flexible Credit Line (FCL), for an amount of about US$1.5 billion (equivalent to 300 percent of quota). Costa Rica qualifies for the FCL by virtue of its very strong economic fundamentals and institutional policy frameworks, its track record of implementing very strong policies, and commitment to maintaining such policies in the future. The arrangement will enhance Costa Rica…IMF · Costa Rica See the Story

Manuel Tovar, the Costa Rican Who Is Committed to Relaunching the Multilateral System From the OECD in a “Lazy Moment”

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Manuel Tovar Faja (San José, 80) has been walking the corridors of the Organization for Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris for more than a decade, but he never thought that the time would come to preside over a meeting of foreign trade ministers at such a complex time for international relations, looking at how economies respond to a troubled environment and to the Donald Trump factor, while multilateral trade agreements erode and uncer…OECD · San José Read Article

Will the Barrier of the Three Million Tourists Be Broken? These Are the ICT Projections of Arrivals of Travellers at the End of the Year

Tourism activity is one of the main engines of the national economy and depends to a large extent on the arrivals of foreigners. Although in recent months the data showed a drop in this indicator, the latest projections of the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT), show that at the end of the year there will be a positive scenario in terms of arrivals by air. This Thursday the authorities of the ICT announced the estimates of arrivals of travelers…Economy · Costa Rica Read Article

Róger Madrigal: “Don’t Turn the Trade Problem Into a Monetary Policy Problem”

With 41 years of working in the Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR) and three years of having assumed the presidency of that entity, Róger Madrigal has faced various external and internal shocks that have challenged the economy and, more recently, have targeted sectors that demand a revision of the exchange rate, especially those sectors that are affected by the appreciation of the colón.To this environment is added an economy with sectors that ha…Economy · Costa Rica Read Article

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