The inflation rate for December 2022 showed a significant increase of 6.0% compared to the same period in the previous year. When looking over time, The inflation rate on the Island seems to be slowing down, which may suggest that it will return to normal levels in the coming future.Read More
Retail Sales during November 2022 have once again shown growth in their annual growth rate after the setback that occurred in September of this year due to Fiona’s passage, marking the second month in a row that sales have increased. However, the growth rate of sales has been consistently slowing down as the high prices...Read More
La cantidad de empleos para diciembre 2022 equivalió a 927,100 empleados. La cantidad de empleos observada resulto ser un aumento de 35,400 empleados (4%) comparado con diciembre 2021, aunque todavía representa una reducción de 1,500 empleos (0.2%) comparado con el mes anterior de Noviembre 2022. La fuerza laboral aumento a 1,233,000 individuos para Diciembre 2022,...Read More
A casi un mes de haber dejado atrás el 2022, la pregunta obligada es como será el 2023. El año que acabamos de dejar atrás fue de muchos retos y cambios. La guerra en Ucrania (febrero del 2022), además presenciamos la inflación mas alta en cuatro décadas, y agresivas subidas de tasas de interés por...Read More
Sales registered for October 2022 amounted to $3,157.17 million dollars, when compared with the same month in 2021 it represents an increase of 2.5%. Compared to the previous month, this is a 11.6% increase from September 2022 that had a total of $2,828.34 million in sales. The five sectors with the highest reported increases during...Read More
With the most recent information from November 2022 the overall consumer price index for Puerto Rico reached 131.9, increasing 0.4% from the previous month’s October 2022 value of 131.4 and a 6.3% increase from the November 2021 value of 124.1. For context this would mean a purchasing power of $0.76 for November 2022 in December 2006 dollars, a reduction in purchasing power of $0.05 compared to the...Read More
Cada cuatrienio se lleva a cabo la competencia más importante del fútbol, “La Copa Mundial”. El país anfitrión este año, Qatar, ha invertido sobre $220 billones en el evento. Esto es casi 60 veces más de lo que costo para el mundial en el año 2010 celebrado en Sudáfrica ($3.5 billones). A pesar de la emoción que...Read More
Las ventas registradas para septiembre de 2022 ascendieron a $2,828.3 millones de dólares, lo que representa un descenso de 3.6%, si lo comparamos con el mismo mes en el 2021. Comparado al mes anterior de agosto 2022, representa una caída de -14.1%. Los grupos con las mayores alzas reportadas fueron: Distribuidores de combustible (+45.3%); Supermercados...Read More
According to BoletinPR, bankruptcies for the month of November 2022 totaled 306 filings, a 10.9% increase compared to November 2021. In context, while the 10.9% increase is a lot, the number of filings (306) is the second lowest since 2012. This means that for the month of November, bankruptcy filings have declined in 2021 and...Read More
According to GUIA, new cars sold for the month of November 2022 totaled 9,147 units, a -2.1% decrease compared to November 2021 (9,346 units). This is the eight-month in 2022 with decrease in sales in a year-over-year comparison. Year-to-date sales total 112,522 units, a -4.1% compared to the same period last year (117,336 units). Sales...Read More
