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Family remittances to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras totaled $20.15 billion in the first five months of 2026, an 8.6% increase from the same period a year earlier.

Honduran authorities forecast slight fuel price increases next week, citing the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

Economic analyst Nancy Ochoa projects the Honduran lempira will depreciate by 2.7% for the full year 2026 if current trends continue.

Leonardo Deras, a commissioner at electricity regulator CREE, warned that state utility ENEE is losing 1.3 billion lempiras (about $52 million) a month and that, without action, losses could reach 150,000 million lempiras (about $6 billion) in coming years.

The head of the Cortés Chamber of Commerce warned that a new increase to electricity rates will reduce competitiveness in the industrial region.

Finance Minister Emilio Hércules announced that Honduras will meet with the IMF's executive board on June 29, and said he hopes the board will issue a favorable communiqué for the country.

The Tegucigalpa Chamber of Commerce forecasts that payments of the traditional 14th-month bonus will pump approximately L24.9 billion (about $1 billion USD) into the public and private sectors combined.

FOSDEH economist Mario Palma says Honduras's public debt has risen to $18.454 billion this year, up from previous levels.