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 Economic News
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Ecuador: Consumer prices fall at weaker rate in May
June 4, 2021
Consumer prices rose 0.08% over the previous month in May, moderating from the 0.35% print in April.
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Ecuador: Economic activity jumps in March
May 13, 2021
Economic activity rebounded solidly, growing 11.0% in annual terms in March and contrasting February’s 6.1% slide.
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Ecuador: Consumer prices drop at a sharper rate in annual terms in April
May 6, 2021
Consumer prices rose 0.35% over the previous month in April, following the 0.18% increase in March, logging the highest reading in a year.
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Ecuador: Decline in economic activity moderates in February
April 18, 2021
Economic activity dropped at a softer pace of 2.1% in annual terms in February, following January’s 5.0% fall.
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Ecuador: Consumer prices drop annually in March
April 7, 2021
Consumer prices rose 0.18% from the previous month in March, following the 0.08% increase in February, logging the highest reading in nearly a year.
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