Rodríguez en route to low inflation

Miguel Angel Rodríguez was elected president of Costa Rica on one of the most reformist platforms the country has ever seen. One year into office he talks about how to end inflation, the difficulties of pushing through privatization and how soon Costa Rica should embrace the dollar.

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“Having a currency is just too expensive”

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A glimpse up the deal pipelines

Costa Rica at a glance Population: 3.5 million Currency: colón GDP: $9.9 billion GDP per capita: $2,830 Total banking sector assets: $4.8 billion Total banking sector capital: $320 million Outstanding government debt: $6.4 billion Sovereign foreign currency rating: Ba1/BB+ Foreign currency reserves: $1.1 billion Money in circulation (M1): $1.2 billion 1996 1997 1998 GDP growth (% year-on-year): -0.6

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