Economic reforms overall needed to rescue out of limbo the inefficient and helpless Nicaraguan economy.

By traditional measures, 1987 is the year the Nicaraguan economy essentially collapsed.

Nicaragua's economy continues to post growth, with preliminary indicators showing the Nicaraguan economy growing an additional 5% in 2011.

Since the beginning of the revolution, the study reports, the size of the Nicaraguan economy has shrunk by nearly one-third.

This might have led to a surge of economic aid for the devastated Nicaraguan economy.

Government statistics show that in more than 10 years of Sandinista rule, the Nicaraguan economy has shrunk by half.

By the end of the 1980s the Nicaraguan economy was on the verge of collapse.

The devaluation had sent a tremor of fear through the Nicaraguan economy.

In the last 10 years, the Nicaraguan economy has lost half its value.

Both books continue to exercise considerable influence in the debate about the Nicaraguan economy.