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DNIT and the Association of Paraguayan Banks are advancing preparations for an integrated platform to speed up access to bank activity during audits, with analysis based on taxpayers’ financial profiles and restricted access; banks may view tax returns only with express authorization.
The Asunción Stock Exchange handled 4.2 trillion guaraníes in August, down 33.1% from July after an exceptional boost from Treasury Bonds issues the previous month.
Paraguay’s consumer price index (CPI) inflation was 0% in August 2026, as lower food prices and imported durable goods offset increases in fuel and services; inflation was 1.8% year to date and 1.5% over 12 months.
The first Expo Concepción is expected to generate more than US$13.5 million in business by September 6, according to organizers, driven by Nelore cattle, auctions, agricultural machinery and vehicles, while generating demand for local businesses.
Paraguay ended 2025 with 16 banks, maintaining virtually the same number of institutions since 2013 and ranking among Latin America’s smallest banking markets, amid a regional decline from 551 to 524 banks over the period.
Gol will operate nonstop flights between Asunción and Florianópolis twice a week from January 5 to February 14, 2027, to meet higher summer demand.
Alias registrations in Paraguay reached 5,355,557 in July 2026, up 54% in 12 months. Separately, information about QR Hub describes plans to expand interoperable payments, while the available material does not establish how much of the Alias growth has translated into actual merchant use.
Construction employed more than 262,000 people in Paraguay in the second quarter of 2026, up 9.1% year on year, while public works had executed 34.5% of the US$1.281 billion allocated in the budget by the first week of August.
Senator Gustavo Leite proposed reducing public spending by up to US$400 million a year, including an incentivized voluntary retirement program for up to 100,000 public employees, merging redundant agencies and freezing hiring. The figures and effects are Leite’s projections, and implementation still depends on financing, executive decisions and negotiations.
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to spend between $1 million and $2 million to buy Boston Dynamics Spot quadruped robots for inspections and risk assessments in dangerous, confined or hard-to-reach areas, but it has not yet determined the quantity or final purchase price.
Economist Gladys Benegas proposes expanding the review of Paraguay’s Fiscal Responsibility Law to measure unexecuted spending, the cost of idle public liquidity and returns on financial investments, citing Argentine funds with low execution and resources invested in Treasury securities.
The Carandayty Basin in Boquerón has an estimated gas potential of 70 Tcf, according to Giuliano Franco, CEO of Zeus Energy. The volume is not yet a proved reserve or commercial production and depends on confirmation of recoverability, feasibility and market demand.
Ueno Bank’s solvency ratio could fall from 12.4% to about 6.12% at the end of 2025 if G. 876.7 billion invested in UPay and Wepa were deducted, below the legal minimum of 8% for Tier 1 capital.
Mercosur held the first round of talks with Vietnam in Buenos Aires on a preferential trade agreement aimed at expanding market access, diversifying exports and fostering investment.
Paraguay and Taiwan are planning a binational artificial intelligence data center in Chaco’i, based on a model similar to Itaipu and presented by the Paraguayan government as intended to become the world’s largest AI center. The project’s final capacity is planned at up to 1,000 MW, with an estimated initial investment of US$200 million to US$300 million.
The Senate is reviewing an agreement that could allow Paraguayans and Qataris to enter, transit through and stay in each other’s territory for up to 90 days without visas or fees, subject to approval by both houses of Congress, as the government expands its economic and trade agenda with the business sector.
The Mercosur-EU agreement could expand Paraguayan exports and attract investment, especially in agriculture, forestry and renewable energy, but it will require certification, audits and traceability to meet European standards.
Foreigners can generally buy property, but safe acquisition requires a current RUN review, seller-authority and physical checks, a public deed, registration and a specific test for rural land near the border.
Paraguay’s Executive Branch has decreed a reduction from 1.5% to 1.4% per month in the interest rate for tax installment agreements administered by DNIT, the country’s tax authority, starting September 1, 2026.
Petropar has opened an international tender worth up to US$24.3 million, to be paid with public funds and used exclusively to purchase up to 20,000 cubic meters of aviation fuel, while planning five aeroplants with Paraguayan company Royal Energy, an aviation-sector distributor since 2017 whose selection resulted from a process whose publication by the National Directorate of Public Procurement (DNCP) has yet to be clarified.
The Paraguayan government is negotiating $1.3 billion in loans with CAF, the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank and JICA for infrastructure, energy and logistics projects, with $700 million earmarked for the Ministry of Public Works and Communications.
Santiago Peña has proposed turning Paraguay into a regional logistics hub by expanding the Paraguay-Paraná Waterway and the Bioceanic Corridor, improving air connectivity and modernizing institutions. The government’s goal is to gradually double the volume of river cargo.
Named former ITTI employees now publicly say they were part of an August 2026 layoff in Argentina, strengthening the evidence behind earlier anonymous reports. ITTI has not publicly quantified the cuts in the sources Pytagua could verify, and claims of hundreds of affected positions remain unconfirmed.
Paraguay granted 36,033 residence permits to foreigners between January and July 2026, 74% more than in the same period last year, including 23,994 to Brazilians, amid the expansion of the Investor Pass program and a 58% increase in applications.