{"id":7428,"date":"2013-04-16T15:50:58","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T20:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=7428"},"modified":"2013-04-16T15:50:58","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T20:50:58","slug":"panamas-economy-to-extend-strong-growth-in-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/panamas-economy-to-extend-strong-growth-in-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Panama&#8217;s Economy to Extend Strong Growth in 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/panama-skyline.jpg\"> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/panama_city_skyline_ii.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7430\" title=\"panama_city_skyline_ii\" src=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/panama_city_skyline_ii.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/panama_city_skyline_ii.jpg 800w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/panama_city_skyline_ii-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Panama continues to prosper and grow and 2013 will set yet another record.\u00a0 Here is a Wall Street Journal article on the subject.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"byline\">By DARCY CROWE<\/h3>\n<p>PANAMA CITY&#8211;The economy of Panama is slated to  continue thriving in 2013 after posting double-digit growth for two  straight years as a boom in construction and transportation tied to the  expansion of the Panama Canal continue to drive economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>Panama&#8217;s gross domestic product expanded a whopping 10.7% last year,  driven by large infrastructure projects that include the expansion of  the Panama Canal as well as a boom in real estate in Panama City, where  high-rises increasingly dominate the skyline.<\/p>\n<p>For this year, the government of President Ricardo Martinelli expects  the red-hot economy to grow about 8.5%. The official estimate is a tad  more optimistic than some Wall Street projections, but the government  says it views the 8.5% figure as a conservative forecast.<\/p>\n<p>The Central American nation is now trying to put is economy, with a  nominal value of about $35 billion, in full display at a regional  gathering of finance ministers and central bankers for the annual  meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank. The objective is to try  bolster its role as regional trade hub.<\/p>\n<p>With the expansion of the Panama Canal, set to be completed next  year, the government has been able to boost public investment, which is  helping drive the faster levels of economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>The expansion will allow for more and larger ships to pass through  the canal, a change that will represent a &#8220;compete change in the  economic model of the country,&#8221; Finance Minister Frank de Lima said in  an interview. The government revenue from the canal is currently about  $1 billion, but with the expansion that figure will jump to $4 billion  per year, says Mr. De Lima.<\/p>\n<p>The construction sector expanded more than 30% in 2012, a figure that  reflects the sharp increase in public spending since Mr. Martinelli  took office in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>After being sworn in Mr. Martinelli raised eyebrows by unveiling a  $14 billion investment plan for his five-year term in office. The figure  represented nearly about half of the country&#8217;s gross domestic product  in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a huge risk but also it gave the economy a tremendous  stimulus,&#8221; said Joydeep Mukherji, a managing director with ratings firm  Standard &amp; Poor&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>The country of about 3.6 million people is preparing to open its  first subway line in the capital next year and other large  infrastructure projects are already up and running.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. de Lima says that the government has largely been able to meet  the deadlines for executing the projects by streamlining its auctions  for public contracts and weeding out corruption.<\/p>\n<p>The booming economy has also brought some unwanted side-effects.  Inflation&#8211;which is at 4.6% for the 12 months through January&#8211;is higher  than the government wants, Mr. de Lima said.<\/p>\n<p>But with an economy that has been using the U.S. dollar as its  currency for more than a century, there is little that the government  can do to fight inflation. Using the dollar essentially means that  Panama relies on the U.S. Federal Reserve for its monetary policy and  anti-inflationary efforts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We depend on the monetary policy of the U.S., but using the dollar  helped our country develop as an international banking center and avoid  the hyperinflation that afflicted other Latin American countries in the  past,&#8221; Mr. de Lima said. &#8220;The pros have always outweighed the cons,&#8221; Mr.  de Lima added.<\/p>\n<p>Some observers are also wondering what will drive the economy once  the public works are completed and the expansion of the canal is  finished. Most analysts project a modest slowdown, but Mr. de Lima says  that the next government should be able to continue to ramp up public  spending to spur economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>He estimates that the next administration will have enough fiscal room to earmark as much as $17 billion in new investments.<\/p>\n<p>Other sectors could also pick up the slack, Mr. de Lima said. The  country has one of the largest undeveloped copper mining projects in the  world. Controlled by Canadian mining firm <span class=\"companyRollover link11unvisited\">Inmet Mining<\/span> <span> <\/span> Corp, when it is up and running in 2016, it could produce some 300,000 tonnes of copper per year.<\/p>\n<p>Other sectors like tourism and real-estate are also set to continue to perform strongly, Mr. de Lima said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Mukherji, from Standard &amp; Poor&#8217;s, seems to agree. &#8220;This is  not a one-horse town. There are other sectors that haven&#8217;t received much  attention but that will probably do very well,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"MARK\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Corrections &amp; Amplifications<\/strong><br \/>\nA previous version of this article did not properly  cite a comment made about the Panama Canal expansion to the Panamanian  finance minister, Frank de Lima.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Panama continues to prosper and grow and 2013 will set yet another record.\u00a0 Here is a Wall Street<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-articles-panama-perpsective"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - 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