IMF Staff Country Reports

Guatemala: Recent Economic Developments

July 20, 1995

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Guatemala: Recent Economic Developments, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1995) accessed November 23, 2024

Summary

This paper reviews economic developments in Guatemala during 1990–95. In 1993–94, output growth was led by a buoyant services sector while activities in the primary and secondary sectors slowed. Domestic demand grew strongly in 1991–92 owing to a substantial expansion in private investment and an increase in consumption. Growth of domestic demand slowed in 1993–94 because of sluggishness in private fixed capital formation. The rate of inflation fell from 60 percent in 1990 to 11½ percent in 1993–94.

Subject: Agricultural commodities, Banking, Commodities, Credit, Economic sectors, Exports, External debt, International trade, Money, Public sector

Keywords: Agricultural commodities, Balance of payments, Central America, CR, Credit, Credit condition, Credit policy, Exports, Inflation rate, ISCR, Long-term debt, Market share, Net credit, Net inflow, Primary sector, Public sector, Unit price, Western Hemisphere

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    136

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 1995/057

  • Stock No:

    1GTMEA0011995

  • ISBN:

    9781451816570

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685

Notes

This report on recent economic developments in Guatemala was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with this member country. In releasing this document for public use, confidential material may have been removed at the request of the member.