New car unit sales for April 2023 amounted to 10,870 units sold, this being an increase of 37 units sold (0.3%) compared on a year-over-year basis with April 2022. April 2023 new car unit sales are also an increase of 138 units sold (1.3%) in a month-to-month basis with March 2023, the first increase in...Read More
Inflation is a measure of the reduction in purchasing power, the price changes measured in inflation not only affects consumers but also affects businesses investments. The inflation rate for the United States amounted to 5% in April 2023. This value for the inflation rate is a negligible 0.03 percentile point reduction from the previous month...Read More
El total de quiebras radicadas para el mes de marzo 2023 fueron 389 radicaciones, una disminución de -6.04% comparado a marzo 2022. Radicaciones bajo Capítulo 13 disminuyeron un -56.3%, Capítulo 7 disminuyó -64.9%. En lo que va del año se han radicado unas 990 solicitudes, un aumento de 2.8% comparado al mismo periodo (enero a...Read More
New car unit sales for March 2023 totaled 10,732 units, this is a drop of 454 units or -4.1% compared to a year- over-year basis of March 2022. It is an increase of 1,423 or 15.3% compared on a month-to-month basis of February 2023. This is the fifth consecutive month of decreases in sales. Still,...Read More
The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for the month of February 2023 was 61.1, 21% higher than the previous month of January 2023 PMI of 50.5 and compared to February 2022 with a PMI of 57.9 is 5.5% higher. For context the PMI is a measure of the economic course the manufacturing sector experiences where a...Read More
En tiempos de crisis, la historia siempre es una buena herramienta para entender el presente, y poder proyectarnos hacia al futuro. Desde el siglo 19 al presente, la economía de Puerto Rico ha pasado por diversos ciclos o transformaciones. Siempre, los puertorriqueños se las han arreglado para superar los desafíos económicos y salir airosos. Cuando miramos...Read More
Retail Sales in January 2023 totaled $2,841.52 million dollars, compared to the same month in the previous year these sales marked a 3.8% increase year over year. This figure also increases the current accumulated value in the seven months for the current fiscal year (July-January) to $22,335.87 million dollars, 3.4% higher than the accumulated value...Read More
The Total Non-Farm Employment in Puerto Rico for the month of February 2023 amounted to 941,000 employments, the highest levels of employment since November 2012. These February 2023 values also are a 3.1% increase compared to the previous year’s February 2022 employments, but a minimal 0.1% increase compared to the previous month of January 2023’s...Read More
La semana pasada, en Puerto Rico sentimos la sacudida de la crisis de dos bancos en Estados Unidos, y uno en Europa. La intervención de los reguladores federales en el Silicon Valley Bank, ubicado (California), y el Signature Bank (Nueva York), levantó los traumas de la crisis bancaria del 2008, en Estados Unidos, y luego...Read More
The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for the month of January 2023 was 50.5, 10.3% lower than the previous month of December 2022 PMI of 56.3 and compared to January 2022 with a PMI of 56 is 9.8% lower. For context the PMI is a measure of the economic course the manufacturing sector experiences where a...Read More
