Paraguay
Paraguay central bank chief Raul Vera resigns
Paraguay's central bank president has resigned. The decision came on Wednesday and will weaken the government of President Luis Gonzalez Macchi as it struggles to end the country's economic crisis.
Paraguay appoints chief banking regulator
PARAGUAY - Angel Gabriel Gonzales has been re-appointed as chief banking regulator in Paraguay.
Paraguay president asks cbank board to resign
Paraguayan President Luis Gonzalez Macchi, who has shuffled his Cabinet in a growing political and economic crisis, has also asked the central bank board to resign, bank president Washington Ashwell said on Mar 15, 2001.
Paraguay inflation ends 2000 at 8.6 pct
Paraguay achieved its goal of posting single-digit inflation for the second year in a row as the consumer price index ended 2000 at 8.6 percent, the Central Bank said Dec 29, 2000.
Paraguay cbank sees 1%-1.5% GDP growth in 2000
Paraguay's economy is expected to have grown 1%-1.5% by the end of 2000, according to preliminary data, the country's central bank president Washington Ashwell said Tuesday.
Mercosur sets macroeconomic convergence targets
The Southern Cone Common Market, or Mercosur, on Wednesday announced macroeconomic convergence targets, including fiscal and inflationary goals, top officials said.
Hackers penetrate Paraguay central bank website
On the morning of 27 November a group of "hackers"' again invaded the Paraguayan web sites of two banks, one of which was the central bank's, and one local media organisation.