Las quiebras en Puerto Rico siguen en aumento, con un crecimiento notable en octubre de 2024. Esta tendencia al alza refleja la presión económica que enfrentan tanto las empresas como los individuos en la isla.En octubre de 2024, el número de quiebras ascendió de 489 en septiembre a 570, lo que representa un incremento mensual del...Read More
Inflation in the D.R. has been below the 4.0% target since December 2023 and seems to have stabilized around 3.35% during 2024, standing 3.29% in September. Similarly, the US inflation also seems to have steadied its downward trend from a high of 9.1% in June 2022 to 2.4% in October, slowly approaching its target rate. The Dominican...Read More
At the monetary policy committee meeting for end-October 2024 the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD) decided to lower the monetary policy rate from 6.50% to 6.25%. This follows the 50-basis point reduction in the federal funds rate by the US Federal Reserve, the first rate cut in four years, or since the pandemic, and...Read More
En octubre de 2024, las ventas de autos en Puerto Rico mostraron un incremento respecto al mes anterior, rompiendo una tendencia de disminución sostenida desde el pico alcanzado en junio.En dicho mes, las ventas de automóviles en Puerto Rico alcanzaron las 9,788 unidades, un aumento significativo del 9.6% en comparación con las 8,934 unidades vendidas en...Read More
Dominican Republic remains on track for the projected arrival of 11.5 million tourists during the year 2024, posting a historic high for the January-September of 8’362’285 tourists already by the end of the ninth month of the year. Of this number, over 1.9 million arrived in one of 562 cruise ships that docked at a Dominican...Read More
