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El Salvador’s Q2 growth reported at 5.1%; IMF approves about $138 million disbursement

El Salvador on X says construction loans exceeded $1.62 billion through August, mostly for housing, land development and commercial infrastructure.

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El Salvador on X says the IMF completed reviews of its $1.4 billion financing arrangement with El Salvador on October 1, allowing an immediate disbursement of about $138 million. Citing the Central Reserve Bank, it reports 5.1% economic growth in Q2 2026. It also cites financial-regulator figures putting Salvadoran stock-exchange trading at $4.483 billion from January through August, up 38.6% from the same period in 2025.

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@ElsalvadoronX🇸🇻 THIS WEEK IN EL SALVADOR | VOL. 15 ⠀ SEPTEMBER 26 – OCTOBER 3, 2026 ⠀ A WEEK OF ECONOMIC MOMENTUM ⠀ 5.1% economic growth. A stock market up 38.6%. IMF approval. Construction financing exceeding $1.62 billion. Growing exports. International tourism recognition. ⠀ And in the heart of San Salvador, a historic tribute to the man who dreamed of a united Central America. ⠀ This week brought together economic results, international confidence, investment, innovation, security and national history. ⠀ Here are the developments shaping El Salvador. ⠀ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⠀ 1. THE IMF APPROVES $138 MILLION AS EL SALVADOR'S ECONOMY EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS ⠀ One of the week's most significant announcements came from Washington. ⠀ On October 1, the International Monetary Fund's Executive Board completed the second and third reviews of its financing arrangement with El Salvador, allowing an immediate disbursement of approximately $138 million. ⠀ The IMF reported that economic activity had exceeded expectations, supported by sustained improvements in security and growing investor confidence. ⠀ It also recognized progress in fiscal consolidation, financial resilience and the strengthening of liquidity and reserve buffers. ⠀ The approval represents an important milestone in El Salvador's $1.4 billion financing arrangement. ⠀ For international investors, the IMF's assessment provides another reference point when evaluating the country's economic direction. ⠀ The bigger story is the convergence of stronger economic performance, international financing and growing investment interest. ⠀ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⠀ 2. EL SALVADOR'S ECONOMY GROWS 5.1% ⠀ The Central Reserve Bank reported that El Salvador's economy expanded 5.1% during the second quarter of 2026. ⠀ That compares with 4.1% growth during the corresponding period of 2025. ⠀ Construction, healthcare and electricity were among the principal drivers. ⠀ A separate economic activity indicator showed growth of 4.5% in July, with construction continuing to make an important contribution. ⠀ These figures help explain why the construction industry has become one of the central stories in our recent weekly editions. ⠀ Investment is increasingly visible in the country's economic indicators and its changing urban landscape. ⠀ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⠀ 3. EL SALVADOR'S STOCK MARKET SURGES 38.6% ⠀ Another major financial indicator arrived this week. ⠀ According to figures published by the Financial System Superintendency, trading activity on the Salvadoran stock exchange reached $4.483 billion between January and August 2026. ⠀ That represents an increase of 38.6% compared with the same period in 2025. ⠀ The market registered 4,827 transactions during those eight months. ⠀ International securities transactions accounted for approximately $1.449 billion, while investment funds reported total assets of approximately $2.216 billion. ⠀ Meanwhile, the integrated stock market connecting El Salvador and Panama recorded $165.3 million in transactions. ⠀ These figures illustrate the increasing activity and regional connections of El Salvador's capital markets. ⠀ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⠀ 4. CONSTRUCTION FINANCING EXCEEDS $1.62 BILLION ⠀ The country's construction expansion is also reflected in bank lending. ⠀ Loans associated with construction exceeded $1.62 billion through August. ⠀ Housing, land development and commercial infrastructure accounted for approximately 97% of that financing portfolio. ⠀ Another indicator reinforces the picture. ⠀ Construction-related imports surpassed $1.13 billion during the first eight months of 2026. ⠀ The relationship between financing and material imports helps illustrate the scale of activity underway. ⠀ Following last week's announcements involving Paseo Vivo, Reforma 150 and San Benito 53, these figures provide broader economic context for the projects transforming metropolitan San Salvador and other parts of the country. ⠀ @LRodriguez_SV, Executive Director of the San Salvador Metropolitan Area Planning Office (@COAMSS_OPAMSS), has been highlighting the investment momentum behind this construction expansion. His involvement in the recently announced Paseo Vivo development in Apopa illustrates how the institution is helping facilitate new projects and attract investment to areas benefiting from improved security conditions. ⠀ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⠀ 5. BUSINESS DELEGATIONS FROM 21 COUNTRIES EXPLORE EL SALVADOR ⠀ El Salvador's economic diplomacy continues opening international doors. ⠀ According to reporting published this week, business delegations representing 21 countries have visited El Salvador to explore commercial and investment opportunities. ⠀ The initiative reflects an international outreach strategy focused on attracting businesses, expanding commercial relationships and presenting opportunities in the Salvadoran market. ⠀ Combined with the latest economic results and IMF developments, these international contacts form another part of the country's investment story. ⠀ The challenge ahead is converting business interest into completed investments, jobs and long-term economic activity. ⠀ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⠀ 6. EXPORTS REACH $4.529 BILLION ⠀ El Salvador exported approximately $4.529 billion in goods between January and August 2026. ⠀ Central America and the United States remained its principal commercial partners, together accounting for 81.1% of total exports. ⠀ Food products were identified as one of the most dynamic export categories. ⠀ Another report highlighted El Salvador's regional performance in export sophistication, reflecting the ability of Salvadoran companies to manufacture and commercialize increasingly diversified products. ⠀ The importance extends beyond total export values. ⠀ Industrial capabilities, product development and access to international markets help determine how Salvadoran businesses can compete and expand. ⠀ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⠀ 7. WORLD TOURISM DAY COMES TO EL SALVADOR ⠀ El Salvador hosted World Tourism Day 2026, marking the first time the country welcomed this international event organized under the United Nations tourism framework. ⠀ Tourism Minister @MorenaValdezSV highlighted the country's international recognition for tourism growth. ⠀ Figures reported during the week placed El Salvador's tourism growth at approximately 37% during the referenced reporting period. ⠀ The international event provided an opportunity to present El Salvador's destinations, tourism development and growing international visibility. ⠀ Tourism also connects directly with other recurring themes in our reports: security, aviation, hospitality investment, infrastructure and employment. ⠀ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⠀ 8. FRANCISCO MORAZÁN: HONORING A DREAM OF CENTRAL AMERICAN UNITY ⠀ October 3 marked the 234th anniversary of the birth of General Francisco Morazán. ⠀ This year's commemoration carried special historical significance. ⠀ For the first time, the ceremony took place at his newly inaugurated mausoleum in Jardín Centroamérica, beside the National Palace in San Salvador. ⠀ Government officials, members of the diplomatic corps, military personnel and citizens participated in the commemorative activities. ⠀ The ceremony included military honors, cannon salutes, a floral offering, the Salvadoran national anthem and an aerial display. ⠀ Defense Minister @merino_monroy emphasized Morazán's commitment to a cause that extended beyond national borders: Central American unity. ⠀ The new mausoleum, inaugurated following President @nayibbukele's initiative, places Morazán's remains in the heart of San Salvador's revitalized Historic Center. ⠀ It also creates a public space dedicated to remembering his life and political ideals. ⠀ More than a historical monument, the new mausoleum offers future generations an opportunity to discover the story of a leader who devoted his life to the vision of a united Central America. ⠀ His dream remains an important part of the region's shared history. ⠀ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⠀ 9. OCTOBER BEGINS WITH TWO HOMICIDE-FREE DAYS ⠀ El Salvador entered October with two consecutive days without homicides, according to figures released by the National Civil Police. ⠀ October 1 and October 2 were both reported as homicide-free. ⠀ The official figures brought the country's accumulated total to 235 homicide-free days during 2026 through October 2. ⠀ The government's security strategy continues to rely on the Territorial Control Plan, the state of exception and the deployment of police and military personnel. ⠀ Security remains a central component of the country's broader economic and social transformation. ⠀ It also continues to feature in international discussions about El Salvador's investment environment. ⠀ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⠀ 10. DIGITAL-WALLET REMITTANCES INCREASE 31.4% ⠀ Remittances transferred through cryptocurrency digital wallets reached $46.6 million between January and August 2026. ⠀ According to figures attributed to the Central Reserve Bank, that represents growth of 31.4%. ⠀ Although these transfers represent only one segment of El Salvador's broader remittance market, their growth illustrates continued activity in alternative digital payment channels. ⠀ The development adds another dimension to the country's expanding financial and technological ecosystem. ⠀ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⠀ 11. http://SKY.AI BRINGS AVIATION AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOGETHER ⠀ KEY Institute announced http://SKY.AI, an initiative designed to explore the impact of artificial intelligence on aviation. ⠀ The summit and hackathon are scheduled for January 23–24, 2027, in Antiguo Cuscatlán. ⠀ The event will create an opportunity to examine how emerging technologies can be applied to the aviation industry. ⠀ It also adds another initiative to El Salvador's growing calendar of technology-focused activities. ⠀ From education to aviation, artificial intelligence is becoming part of an increasingly diverse national conversation. ⠀ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⠀ 12. $7.2 MILLION FOR CACAO AGROFORESTRY ⠀ Economic development isn't limited to financial markets and urban construction. ⠀ A $7.2 million initiative will support cacao agroforestry systems across 19 districts in Morazán, Chalatenango and San Miguel. ⠀ The project introduces another important dimension to this week's economic coverage: agricultural development and opportunities outside the country's principal metropolitan centers. ⠀ Alongside growing exports and international investment outreach, initiatives supporting agricultural production can contribute to a more diversified economy. ⠀ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⠀ THE BIGGER PICTURE ⠀ Consider the week's economic indicators together. ⠀ 5.1% — Second-quarter economic growth ⠀ $4.483 BILLION — Stock-market trading through August ⠀ 38.6% — Stock-market growth ⠀ $138 MILLION — IMF disbursement approved ⠀ $1.62 BILLION+ — Construction financing ⠀ $1.13 BILLION+ — Construction-related imports ⠀ $4.529 BILLION — Merchandise exports ⠀ 21 COUNTRIES — Represented by visiting business delegations ⠀ $7.2 MILLION — Cacao agroforestry investment ⠀ 235 DAYS — Officially reported homicide-free days in 2026 through October 2 ⠀ Behind these figures are developments that reach into different parts of Salvadoran life. ⠀ Businesses exploring investment opportunities. ⠀ Construction projects creating demand for financing and materials. ⠀ Exporters reaching international markets. ⠀ Aviation and artificial intelligence opening new possibilities. ⠀ Tourism bringing international attention to El Salvador. ⠀ Agricultural investment extending opportunities beyond the capital. ⠀ And a nation honoring Francisco Morazán's vision of Central American unity. ⠀ Taken together, these developments illustrate the relationship between security, economic confidence, investment, production and international connectivity. ⠀ The IMF's latest assessment adds an important international perspective to that story. ⠀ El Salvador enters October with encouraging economic indicators, significant investment activity and another week of developments worth following. ⠀ A growing economy. ⠀ An increasingly connected country. ⠀ A nation investing in its future while honoring its history. 🇸🇻 ⠀ El Salvador on X — Explaining El Salvador to the World. ⠀ #ElSalvador #ThisWeekInElSalvador #Economy #Investment #Construction #Tourism #Innovation5h
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    @ElsalvadoronX🇸🇻 THIS WEEK IN EL SALVADOR | VOL. 15 ⠀ SEPTEMBER 26 – OCTOBER 3, 2026 ⠀ A WEEK OF ECONOMIC MOMENTUM ⠀ 5.1% economic growth. A stock market up 38.6%. IMF approval. Construction financing exceeding $1.62 billion. Growing exports. International tourism recognition. ⠀ And in the heart of San Salvador, a historic tribute to the man who dreamed of a united Central America. ⠀ This week brought together economic results, international confidence, investment, innovation, security and national history. ⠀ Here are the developments shaping El Salvador. ⠀ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⠀ 1. THE IMF APPROVES $138 MILLION AS EL SALVADOR'S ECONOMY EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS ⠀ One of the week's most significant announcements came from Washington. ⠀ On October 1, the International Monetary Fund's Executive Board completed the second and third reviews of its financing arrangement with El Salvador, allowing an immediate disbursement of approximately $138 million. ⠀ The IMF reported that economic activity had exceeded expectations, supported by sustained improvements in security and growing investor confidence. ⠀ It also recognized progress in fiscal consolidation, financial resilience and the strengthening of liquidity and reserve buffers. ⠀ The approval represents an important milestone in El Salvador's $1.4 billion financing arrangement. ⠀ For international investors, the IMF's assessment provides another reference point when evaluating the country's economic direction. ⠀ The bigger story is the convergence of stronger economic performance, international financing and growing investment interest. ⠀ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⠀ 2. EL SALVADOR'S ECONOMY GROWS 5.1% ⠀ The Central Reserve Bank reported that El Salvador's economy expanded 5.1% during the second quarter of 2026. ⠀ That compares with 4.1% growth during the corresponding period of 2025. ⠀ Construction, healthcare and electricity were among the principal drivers. ⠀ A separate economic activity indicator showed growth of 4.5% in July, with construction continuing to make an important contribution. ⠀ These figures help explain why the construction industry has become one of the central stories in our recent weekly editions. ⠀ Investment is increasingly visible in the country's economic indicators and its changing urban landscape. ⠀ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⠀ 3. EL SALVADOR'S STOCK MARKET SURGES 38.6% ⠀ Another major financial indicator arrived this week. ⠀ According to figures published by the Financial System Superintendency, trading activity on the Salvadoran stock exchange reached $4.483 billion between January and August 2026. ⠀ That represents an increase of 38.6% compared with the same period in 2025. ⠀ The market registered 4,827 transactions during those eight months. ⠀ International securities transactions accounted for approximately $1.449 billion, while investment funds reported total assets of approximately $2.216 billion. ⠀ Meanwhile, the integrated stock market connecting El Salvador and Panama recorded $165.3 million in transactions. ⠀ These figures illustrate the increasing activity and regional connections of El Salvador's capital markets. ⠀ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⠀ 4. CONSTRUCTION FINANCING EXCEEDS $1.62 BILLION ⠀ The country's construction expansion is also reflected in bank lending. ⠀ Loans associated with construction exceeded $1.62 billion through August. ⠀ Housing, land development and commercial infrastructure accounted for approximately 97% of that financing portfolio. ⠀ Another indicator reinforces the picture. ⠀ Construction-related imports surpassed $1.13 billion during the first eight months of 2026. ⠀ The relationship between financing and material imports helps illustrate the scale of activity underway. ⠀ Following last week's announcements involving Paseo Vivo, Reforma 150 and San Benito 53, these figures provide broader economic context for the projects transforming metropolitan San Salvador and other parts of the country. ⠀ @LRodriguez_SV, Executive Director of the San Salvador Metropolitan Area Planning Office (@COAMSS_OPAMSS), has been highlighting the investment momentum behind this construction expansion. His involvement in the recently announced Paseo Vivo development in Apopa illustrates how the institution is helping facilitate new projects and attract investment to areas benefiting from improved security conditions. ⠀ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⠀ 5. BUSINESS DELEGATIONS FROM 21 COUNTRIES EXPLORE EL SALVADOR ⠀ El Salvador's economic diplomacy continues opening international doors. ⠀ According to reporting published this week, business delegations representing 21 countries have visited El Salvador to explore commercial and investment opportunities. ⠀ The initiative reflects an international outreach strategy focused on attracting businesses, expanding commercial relationships and presenting opportunities in the Salvadoran market. ⠀ Combined with the latest economic results and IMF developments, these international contacts form another part of the country's investment story. ⠀ The challenge ahead is converting business interest into completed investments, jobs and long-term economic activity. ⠀ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⠀ 6. EXPORTS REACH $4.529 BILLION ⠀ El Salvador exported approximately $4.529 billion in goods between January and August 2026. ⠀ Central America and the United States remained its principal commercial partners, together accounting for 81.1% of total exports. ⠀ Food products were identified as one of the most dynamic export categories. ⠀ Another report highlighted El Salvador's regional performance in export sophistication, reflecting the ability of Salvadoran companies to manufacture and commercialize increasingly diversified products. ⠀ The importance extends beyond total export values. ⠀ Industrial capabilities, product development and access to international markets help determine how Salvadoran businesses can compete and expand. ⠀ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⠀ 7. WORLD TOURISM DAY COMES TO EL SALVADOR ⠀ El Salvador hosted World Tourism Day 2026, marking the first time the country welcomed this international event organized under the United Nations tourism framework. ⠀ Tourism Minister @MorenaValdezSV highlighted the country's international recognition for tourism growth. ⠀ Figures reported during the week placed El Salvador's tourism growth at approximately 37% during the referenced reporting period. ⠀ The international event provided an opportunity to present El Salvador's destinations, tourism development and growing international visibility. ⠀ Tourism also connects directly with other recurring themes in our reports: security, aviation, hospitality investment, infrastructure and employment. ⠀ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⠀ 8. FRANCISCO MORAZÁN: HONORING A DREAM OF CENTRAL AMERICAN UNITY ⠀ October 3 marked the 234th anniversary of the birth of General Francisco Morazán. ⠀ This year's commemoration carried special historical significance. ⠀ For the first time, the ceremony took place at his newly inaugurated mausoleum in Jardín Centroamérica, beside the National Palace in San Salvador. ⠀ Government officials, members of the diplomatic corps, military personnel and citizens participated in the commemorative activities. ⠀ The ceremony included military honors, cannon salutes, a floral offering, the Salvadoran national anthem and an aerial display. ⠀ Defense Minister @merino_monroy emphasized Morazán's commitment to a cause that extended beyond national borders: Central American unity. ⠀ The new mausoleum, inaugurated following President @nayibbukele's initiative, places Morazán's remains in the heart of San Salvador's revitalized Historic Center. ⠀ It also creates a public space dedicated to remembering his life and political ideals. ⠀ More than a historical monument, the new mausoleum offers future generations an opportunity to discover the story of a leader who devoted his life to the vision of a united Central America. ⠀ His dream remains an important part of the region's shared history. ⠀ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⠀ 9. OCTOBER BEGINS WITH TWO HOMICIDE-FREE DAYS ⠀ El Salvador entered October with two consecutive days without homicides, according to figures released by the National Civil Police. ⠀ October 1 and October 2 were both reported as homicide-free. ⠀ The official figures brought the country's accumulated total to 235 homicide-free days during 2026 through October 2. ⠀ The government's security strategy continues to rely on the Territorial Control Plan, the state of exception and the deployment of police and military personnel. ⠀ Security remains a central component of the country's broader economic and social transformation. ⠀ It also continues to feature in international discussions about El Salvador's investment environment. ⠀ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⠀ 10. DIGITAL-WALLET REMITTANCES INCREASE 31.4% ⠀ Remittances transferred through cryptocurrency digital wallets reached $46.6 million between January and August 2026. ⠀ According to figures attributed to the Central Reserve Bank, that represents growth of 31.4%. ⠀ Although these transfers represent only one segment of El Salvador's broader remittance market, their growth illustrates continued activity in alternative digital payment channels. ⠀ The development adds another dimension to the country's expanding financial and technological ecosystem. ⠀ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⠀ 11. http://SKY.AI BRINGS AVIATION AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOGETHER ⠀ KEY Institute announced http://SKY.AI, an initiative designed to explore the impact of artificial intelligence on aviation. ⠀ The summit and hackathon are scheduled for January 23–24, 2027, in Antiguo Cuscatlán. ⠀ The event will create an opportunity to examine how emerging technologies can be applied to the aviation industry. ⠀ It also adds another initiative to El Salvador's growing calendar of technology-focused activities. ⠀ From education to aviation, artificial intelligence is becoming part of an increasingly diverse national conversation. ⠀ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⠀ 12. $7.2 MILLION FOR CACAO AGROFORESTRY ⠀ Economic development isn't limited to financial markets and urban construction. ⠀ A $7.2 million initiative will support cacao agroforestry systems across 19 districts in Morazán, Chalatenango and San Miguel. ⠀ The project introduces another important dimension to this week's economic coverage: agricultural development and opportunities outside the country's principal metropolitan centers. ⠀ Alongside growing exports and international investment outreach, initiatives supporting agricultural production can contribute to a more diversified economy. ⠀ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⠀ THE BIGGER PICTURE ⠀ Consider the week's economic indicators together. ⠀ 5.1% — Second-quarter economic growth ⠀ $4.483 BILLION — Stock-market trading through August ⠀ 38.6% — Stock-market growth ⠀ $138 MILLION — IMF disbursement approved ⠀ $1.62 BILLION+ — Construction financing ⠀ $1.13 BILLION+ — Construction-related imports ⠀ $4.529 BILLION — Merchandise exports ⠀ 21 COUNTRIES — Represented by visiting business delegations ⠀ $7.2 MILLION — Cacao agroforestry investment ⠀ 235 DAYS — Officially reported homicide-free days in 2026 through October 2 ⠀ Behind these figures are developments that reach into different parts of Salvadoran life. ⠀ Businesses exploring investment opportunities. ⠀ Construction projects creating demand for financing and materials. ⠀ Exporters reaching international markets. ⠀ Aviation and artificial intelligence opening new possibilities. ⠀ Tourism bringing international attention to El Salvador. ⠀ Agricultural investment extending opportunities beyond the capital. ⠀ And a nation honoring Francisco Morazán's vision of Central American unity. ⠀ Taken together, these developments illustrate the relationship between security, economic confidence, investment, production and international connectivity. ⠀ The IMF's latest assessment adds an important international perspective to that story. ⠀ El Salvador enters October with encouraging economic indicators, significant investment activity and another week of developments worth following. ⠀ A growing economy. ⠀ An increasingly connected country. ⠀ A nation investing in its future while honoring its history. 🇸🇻 ⠀ El Salvador on X — Explaining El Salvador to the World. ⠀ #ElSalvador #ThisWeekInElSalvador #Economy #Investment #Construction #Tourism #Innovation5h
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