This helps to minimize the problems which currently plague the U.S. Ecoonmy.

Costa Rican depends less on the United States for exporting its products than before . This is due to sales to of the increase in sales to European, Central American, Asian and Caribbean countries.

In 2007, Costa Rica exported a total of $9,000 million in products, 35% to the U.S.A., 21% to Asia, 21% to Central America and the Caribbean, 15% to Europe and the 8% to other countries.

Further the real estate market is less leveraged that its U.S. counterpart. It is much harder to qualify for a loan that it was before. The country has buyers not just from the U.S. but from Europe, South America and other countries.