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El Salvador exceeds projected number of tourists for 2022 and receives US$2,077 million in foreign currency
According to statistics from the Ministry of Tourism, between january and october, the country received 2 million foreign visitors, which have left the country the amount of US$2,077 million in foreign currency.
El Salvador begins process to sign Free Trade Agreement with China
The President of the Republic, Nayib Bukele announced in a press conference that El Salvador has begun talks to sign the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China, the second largest economy in the world.
El Salvador will not be affected despite simultaneous interest rate hikes
The U.S. Federal Reserve (FED) announced a new interest rate hike. On this occasion, the sixth so far in 2022, it increased by 0.75%.
El Salvador is among 16 countries in the world that have surpassed tourism revenues
According to the Organización Mundial de Turismo (OMT), El Salvador is one of the 16 countries in the world that has already surpassed international tourism revenues compared to pre-pandemic levels.
ASI connects El Salvador with innovation trends and challenges at ASI INNOVATION WEEK 2022
The Asociación Salvadoreña de Industriales will hold the ASI INNOVATION WEEK 2022, a meeting that has become the movement in which they will address the issues that will contribute to consolidate a salvadoran industry at the forefront, adapted to current trends and the new normality, which has come to give greater impetus to the use of technology in production processes and in the daily life of companies.
IMF director indicates that an economic agreement with El Salvador is far from being signed
The Western Hemisphere director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ilan Goldfajn, told Bloomberg that a financing agreement with El Salvador is far from being approved.
El Salvador accumulated US$5,688.9 mill. in exports from january to september 2022
The Banco Central de Reserva (BCR), presented its report focused on foreign trade, exports and remittances.
Glasswing International, with support from Fundación Citi, developed Ideatones to promote social innovation in El Salvador
Glasswing International, with the support of Fundación Citi, carried out for the first time the "Ideatón" activity in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, Honduras and Trinidad and Tobago. This activity officially closed the Club Núcleo: Digital Inclusion and Innovation for Change program, a regional initiative in which 1,300 young people have participated during 2022.
El Salvador has an inflation rate of 7.49% as of september 2022: SEMCA
Ricardo Salazar, President of the Defensoría del Consumidor, informed through his Twitter account that El Salvador maintains the lowest inflation rate in the Central American region.
El Salvador's GDP to grow 2.6% according to IMF report
According to the report of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), called "World Economic Growth Prospects", El Salvador will have a 2.6% growth in its Gross Domestic Product (GDP).