The Treasury Department collected $1,414.6 million in May, the most significant amount since April 2019. The collections, which are not comparable to the $516.0 million collected in May of last year, are $42.9 million higher than the government’s forecasts.Individual contributions reached $369.2 million, the largest amount in 25 months. Corporations paid $359.8 million, up threefold from April, while foreign corporations paid $216.0 million, increasing 11.0%.Auto...Read More
Out of the 798,840 non-resident visitors to Puerto Rico in the year 2020, 742,739, or 93%, came from the United States, 14,927, or 1.8%, came from Europe, 10,765, or 1.3%, came from Canada, and the rest came from Asia, Latin America, Africa, and Oceania. Within the United States, which is the most popular place of origin for inbound tourists in Puerto Rico, the state with...Read More
Non-farm payroll in the United States totaled 146,821,000 for the month of July 2021. Compared with the previous month of June, 266,000 jobs were added, a growth rate of 0.6%. This is the highest employment level since March 2020. Job recovery has reportedly slowed down despite still being on the rise. Compared to July 2020, non-farm payroll increased by 7.26 million jobs or 5.20%. The...Read More
According to data from Southeast Aeroports Group (ASUR), in July, 1,118,931 passengers passed through the airport of San Juan. Passenger traffic is 91.2% higher in the first seven months of this year than in the same period last year, but 2.3% lower than in 2019. In July, traffic tripled compared to the previous year’s same month, representing a 15.6% increase over July 2019. This is...Read More
Retail sales for the month of March 2021 in Puerto Rico totaled $3.158 billion. Compared to the previous month of February, sales increased by $572 million, or 22.2%. When compared to March 2021, retail sales increased by $1.104 billion, or 53.8%. Our firm’s usual analysis methods rely on year over year comparisons as well as month over month comparisons to establish a reference point for...Read More
