Merchants can only describe Mother’s Day sales as “terrible.” The closures due to covid-19 hit many sectors hard, but the commerce sector, including restaurants and department stores, the hardest. This…
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80% Of Small & Medium Businesses At Risk of Disappearing in Costa Rica
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2020/06/03Micro, small and medium sized companies (SMEs) are hit hard by the covid-19 pandemic. 80% of them are at risk of disappearing within six months. The most affected sectors are…
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Costa Ricans Believe Economy Has Collapsed Due to COVID
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2020/05/31Costa Ricans’ perception of the economy has all but collapsed due to the pandemic. 76% of Ticos say this is the worst time to buy a house. This was disclosed…
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Coronavirus Expected to Decrease Costa Rica Economy by 1.5%
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2020/03/27The Coronavirus is expected to generate a 1.5% contraction in the economy of Costa Rica in 2020. This is predicted by the risk rating agency Standard and Poor’s. The agency…
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Analyzing Costa Rican Households
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2019/12/0223 public institutions provide data on Costa Rican households to be analyzed in an advanced way that shows how many homes are in poverty, extreme poverty, and vulnerability. It also…
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US & EU Economies Relation to Costa Rica
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2019/09/19The central banks of both the United States and the European Union have approved measures to lower risks to the ethical economy. Together, these markets represent 63% of the $7,000…
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Sales Down in Costa Rica for Cars, Appliances, More
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2019/07/02Sales of cars, equipment, household appliances, and construction materials have been down, depressing trade and commercial activity for the last six months, according to measurements by the Central Bank. The…
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In the ongoing U.S. debate about immigration, the Central American countries of Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala are mainly in the news because many of those crossing our border from…