Botswana

With price pressures subsiding more rapidly than expected, we have revised down our 2008 year-end inflation forecast to 11.2% y-o-y (down from 13.8%). Given the significant slump... 2008-11-21

Botswana's economy is extremely open to the outside world, but we believe the risks from the current global financial upheaval are manageable. The vast majority of non-energy imports... 2008-10-28

BMI View: Monthly inflation for September showed the first fall for two years, following stable outcomes in July and August. Although it is too early to be categorical, developments... 2008-10-28

BMI View: We remain very confident that Botswana can weather the global economic storm. We expect real GDP growth of 4.8% and 5.1% for 2008 and 2009, respectively, with the main... 2008-10-28

Botswana came in as the best ranked African country in the newly released Transparency International league table of 2008 corruption perceptions, sitting in 36th place out of 180... 2008-09-26

BMI View: The external position will remain strong, but it will become more difficult in the future to continue to accumulate official foreign assets at the pace of recent years.... 2008-09-26

BMI View: Headline inflation rose to 15.1% y-o-y in August, up from 15.0% y-o-y in July. We believe price rises will soon peak, and then decline to 11.9% by end-08.

According to the latest Worldwide Press Freedom Index compiled by the NGO Reporters Without Borders Botswana's journalists operate in a 'satisfactory' regulatory context, with the... 2008-07-22

BMI View: We have made a number of adjustments to our forecasts, most notably with reference to economic growth, the exchange rate and the external current account. None of these,... 2008-07-22

BMI View: The domestic banking sector has expanded robustly, but its traditional engine of growth, lending to richer households, is losing steam. Future asset growth will need to... 2008-07-22