
Ecuador Economic Outlook
November 10, 2020
On the heels of the sharpest GDP contraction in at least two decades in Q2 owing to the Covid-19 shock, available data suggests that conditions improved somewhat in Q3, but remained downbeat overall. Although the decline in economic activity eased from April’s collapse through July, it sharpened slightly again in August. Moreover, following weather-related disruptions to the country’s two main pipelines that sent oil production crashing in Q2, output rose by around 50%, on average, in July–August. However, the recovery in oil prices was cut short and plateaued for the entire third quarter, while crude production was still down year-on-year in that two-month period. Additionally, credit growth slowed for the sixth month running in August, hitting a near four-year low, which, coupled with sustained and significant import compression in July–August, hints at internal demand still struggling to gain traction.Ecuador Economic Growth
After the worst economic downturn in recent history this year due to the Covid-19 blow, activity is set to rebound in 2021 as domestic and external demand gradually revive. That said, numerous risks linger, including still-high unemployment weighing on household spending, limited fiscal space to boost the recovery, and policy uncertainty ahead of next year’s elections. FocusEconomics panelists project GDP to expand 3.7% in 2021, which is up 0.6 percentage points from last month’s forecast. In 2022, the panel sees GDP growth moderating to 2.4%.Ecuador Economy Data
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Ecuador Facts
Value | Change | Date | |
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Exchange Rate | 25,000 | 0.0 % | Dec 31 |
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Ecuador Economic News
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Ecuador: Consumer prices drop again in annual terms in December
January 7, 2021
Consumer prices dropped 0.03% over the previous month in December, following November’s 0.01% decline.
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Ecuador: Economic activity grows at sharpest rate in two years in October
December 16, 2020
Economic activity grew 5.8% in year-on-year terms in October, rebounding from September 5.0% contraction.
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Ecuador: Consumer prices decline annually for fifth consecutive month in November
December 8, 2020
Consumer prices slipped 0.01% over the previous month in November, following the 0.19% decline logged in October.
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Ecuador: Economic activity declines at weakest pace in seven months in September
November 16, 2020
Economic activity tumbled 5.0% in year-on-year terms in September, much softer than the 12.8% plunge logged in August.
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Ecuador: Consumer prices plunge at sharpest annual pace on record in October
November 9, 2020
Consumer prices slipped 0.19% over the previous month in October, following the 0.16% dip logged in September.