According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the CPI, which measures the price of a basket of goods and services, in the US for March 2023 reduced to 5%, the slowest pace for price increases since April 2021, when they first began to climb. This is two years of continued price increases above the average...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
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
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
The Economic Development Bank Economic Activity Index (EDB-EAI) for Puerto Rico saw a decline of 0.8% during the fiscal year 2021, which runs from July to June. However, the index rebounded in fiscal year 2022, growing by 4.9%. Similarly, the calendar year 2021 closed with an increase of 4.9%, while a preliminary estimate for calendar...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
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
