{"id":19048,"date":"2017-02-27T14:42:15","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T19:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=19048"},"modified":"2017-02-27T14:42:15","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T19:42:15","slug":"panama-forecasts-latin-americas-highest-economic-growth-rate-for-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/panama-forecasts-latin-americas-highest-economic-growth-rate-for-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Panama forecasts Latin America&#8217;s highest economic growth rate for 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/growth-arrow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19049\" src=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/growth-arrow.jpg\" alt=\"growth arrow\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" 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The Economic Commission for <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span> and the <span class=\"xn-location\">Caribbean<\/span> (ECLAC) projects 2017 growth to be 5.9% and the World Bank 5.4%. <span class=\"xn-location\">Panama&#8217;s<\/span> economy continues to lead <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span>, according to the World Bank, and is well-ahead of ECLAC&#8217;s projected average growth for <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span> of 1.3%.<\/p>\n<p><!--startclickprintexclude--> <!--endclickprintexclude--><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--startclickprintexclude--> <!--endclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<section class=\"release-body container  no-margin-bottom \">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-1\">\n<p>&#8220;It is crucial that <span class=\"xn-location\">Panama<\/span> sustains this economic growth trend with low inflation levels to benefit lower-income sectors&#8221; said Moreira.<\/p>\n<p>Under the administration of President <span class=\"xn-person\">Juan Carlos Varela<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Panama&#8217;s<\/span> economy has propelled to the top of <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span>, driven by well-diversified growth across several sectors including major public infrastructure investments such as the Third Bridge over the Panama Canal (<span class=\"xn-money\">$570 million<\/span>), Ciudad Esperanza (<span class=\"xn-money\">$137 million<\/span>), and Line 2 of the Metro, together with private sector mega-projects such as the first natural gas Generation Plant in <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span> (<span class=\"xn-money\">$1.1 billion<\/span>) and Minera Panama, with its project Cobre Panama, with an investment of almost <span class=\"xn-money\">$6 billion<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, the MEF estimates the country&#8217;s growth between 5% and 5.2%, also due to growth in construction, mining, and financial sectors, and public infrastructure and energy generation. 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