Costa Rica: Staff Report for the 2001 Article IV Consultation

International Monetary Fund

No 2002/088, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This 2001 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economic performance of Costa Rica weakened in 2000. Real GDP growth slowed to 1.7 percent, from more than 8 percent a year in 1998–99, reflecting in part deterioration in terms of trade, the end of the construction phase of a large foreign direct investment project by Intel, and the effect of high real interest rates on domestic demand. Inflation remained at 10 percent during the year. In the structural area, the assembly approved legislation to open up the telecommunications and electricity sectors to private investment.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; deficit; tax simplification package; staff appraisal; public sector deficit; rate of crawl; statistical discrepancy; Public sector; Government debt management; International reserves; Imports; Central America; Caribbean (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 52
Date: 2002-04-24
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