RIO DE JANEIRO - Latin America's economy will stagnate in 2016 as commodity-dependent countries such as Brazil and Venezuela drag down the entire region, offsetting a positive…

The U.S. Federal Reserve announcement Wednesday of its first interest rate increase in more than nine years is expected to affect about 87 percent of variable interest rates that Costa…

Whenever the Federal Reserve does start raising interest rates – whether this week, as seems likely, or next year – the biggest question will be whether the Fed eventually…

Costa Rica firms have a better outlook on their near future than they did last year, according to a new business survey, the second to be released this week.…

The new year may bring good news on Costa Rica's job front. According to the most recent employment outlook survey from consultant company Manpower, 22 percent of employers plan to hire…

While Christmas is the shopping season par excellence, most workers in Costa Rica say they will leave their Christmas bonus, or aguinaldo, in their bank account, according to…

Consumer optimism about the country’s economic outlook improved slightly in the past three months, according to results of the Consumer Confidence Index released Wednesday by the University of…

Federal Reserve officials stressed Thursday that policy should be tightened only gradually after U.S. interest rates are increased for the first time since 2006, with New York…

President Luis Guillermo Solís has been pummeled by opponents over his handling of the economy since he took office last year, but he tried to parry those…