Sáenz: la gente no come estadísticas y el crecimiento no se siente
El economista Enrique Sáenz desmiente al Banco Central y asegura que el crecimiento económico no se refleja en la vida real de los nicaragüenses. Más del 54% vive entre desempleo y subempleo, afirma
TL;DR
- Nicaragua's Central Bank revised GDP growth projections upward for 2025 and 2026.
- Exiled economist Enrique Sáenz criticizes these projections, stating they don't improve the lives of most Nicaraguans.
- Sáenz argues that employment and wages are the true indicators of well-being, not abstract statistics.
- He highlights job losses in the "zona franca" and widespread precarious employment (subemployment or without salary) affecting over half the workforce.
- The cost of the basic food basket exceeds the average formal sector salary, and real wages have decreased due to inflation.
- Sáenz attributes some of the reported growth to the international price of gold, which benefits few and doesn't stimulate broad economic activity.
- He questions the lack of transparency regarding remittances, a key source of support for the Nicaraguan economy.
- Sáenz concludes that economic growth is meaningless if unemployment, subemployment, and low wages persist.