Honduras : Request for a Stand-By Arrangement and an Arrangement Under the Standby Credit Facility.

The government of President Hernandez inherited a difficult macroeconomic situation upon taking office in January 2014. Economic growth decelerated significantly in 2013, driven mainly by lower private demand from policy uncertainty and by weaker trade-partner growth. The fiscal accounts weakened co...

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Institutionell upphovsman: International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept
Materialtyp: Tidskrift
Språk:English
Publicerad: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014.
Serie:IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2014/361
Länkar:Full text available on IMF
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