Dollar Tanks, Drops ¢19 This Week
Are We Being Played? The average price of the dollar in the wholesale market...
Be Well Informed Before Making Online Purchases For The Holiday Season
The Ministry of Economy, Industry and Commerce of Costa Rica (MEIC), the Foreign Trade...
She found a chocolate farm in Costa Rica … and stayed
(CNN Business) After graduating with a degree in architecture in the United Kingdom, Vicki...
Fitch Issues Costa Rica Alert
Fitch Ratings has given Costa Rica 90 days to resolve its public finances before...
Oxígeno postpones its opening to the end of November
Cuestamoras had planned to open the doors of its mega project Oxígeno, in Heredia,...
Google launches new application ‘Mi Negocio’ in Costa Rica
Google announced the availability in Costa Rica of its 'Mi Negocio' (My Business) application,...
Consumers in Costa Rica avoid “impulse” purchases in the face of economic outlook
Consumers in Costa Rica are increasingly attached to a short list of purchases, which...
BCR Goes “Beep” With The First “Wearable” Banking in Costa Rica
The Banco de Costa Rica (BCR) is the first bank in Costa Rica to...
Tech Data expands Costa Rica operations with new Escazu facility
Florida-based Tech Data has announced the launch of a new Customer Lifecycle Management Services...
Wall Street Sours on Costa Rica
(Bloomberg Business) In a part of the world known for guerrillas, drug runners and...
Telecable looking to buy regional operator Cable Costa
Costa Rican cable TV and broadband operator Telecable has requested permission from the country’s...
Used Electric Vehicles To Be Exempt From Tax
In an effort to limit the emission of polluting gases, the government signed on...
Does the government have the money to pay the Aguinaldo for this 2018?
If you ask me today if I have it, I say no (...). There...
Property tax on vehicles will decrease 8% for 2019
The owners of 2,391,602 vehicles will feel a relief when paying the property tax...
Banks Throttle Back Slightly On The Dollar, As Spiral Upwads Continues
It's been a frantic week, a financial rollercoaster for the dollar exchange. In the...
Retailers Usher in “Christmas Season” Confident In Sales Increase
The Christmas season has officially arrived in retail stores in Costa Rica and with...
Hello, Devaluation! Central Bank ‘Got Tired’ Of Spending Reserves To Curb Rise In The Dollar
On Wednesday, October 31, 2018, the dollar exchange moved from one to the next...
Exchange rate pressures would hide end of the year seasonality when the dollar tends to fall
Throughout the year, the dollar exchange market experiences seasonal effects as a result of...
Strong Demand Pushes Up US Dollar Exchange
The strong demand for the US dollar that remains in the foreign exchange market,...
Dollar Exchange Recorded On Monday The Highest Single Day Increase of 2018
The average price of the US dollar in the Monex wholesale market rose on...
76% of businesses report losses due to the strike
As a result of the national strike - today in it's 50th day and...
Verizon secures Costa Rica business telecom licence
Costa Rica’s telecommunications regulator Sutel has authorized Verizon to provide at least 5 telecommunications...
Dollar Crosses ¢600 Barrier
The dollar exchange continued its rise this Friday, October 26, reaching above the ¢600...
Banco Nacional and BCR lower rates and facilitate moving loans from dollars to colones
State banks, the Banco Nacional (BN) and Banco de Costa Rica (BCR), in a...
Central Bank has used $1.1 billion of reserves to avoid abrupt increases in the price of the dollar
The Banco Central de Costa Rica (BCCR) - Central Bank of Costa - reported...
Dollar Could Hit ¢700 By The End of the Year
The dollar exchange rate could close 2018 and start 2019 in a range between ...
RECOPE Requests Increase In The Price of Fuel
The Refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo (RECOPE) requested on Friday an increase in the price...
Price of the dollar continues to rise, already hits ¢600 at banks
The price of the dollar exchange continues to rise and the sale value at...
Sale of energy saving appliances will be mandatory starting in 2020
Starting in 2020, retailers will be able to sell only efficient and cost-saving appliances...
Pessimism reigns among businessmen
Pessimism reigns among entrepreneurs, in terms of how the Costa Rica economy could close...
Tolls Up Today On The Ruta 27. Add ¢10 to ¢90 Colones.
Starting today, October 1, the tolls on the Ruta 27 (San Jose - Caldera)...
Central Bank intervenes with US$41 million to soften the rise in dollar exchange
The government is scraping the barrel to finance public spending, while the market reacts...
