If you don’t have potato, use malanga root. If you can’t find zucchini, replace it with cucumber. Can’t find the ingredients you want? No problem: Yuliet Colón will help you whip up […]
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Press Release#- Recovery Offers Chance to Build Back Better in Latin America and the Caribbean
WASHINGTON, March 29, 2021 — Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) suffered more health and economic damage from the COVID 19 pandemic than any other region, although there is potential for significant […]
Dominican Republic: Abinader: 2021 will be a year of strong economic recovery
The President of the Republic, Luis Abinader, said that all “serious” forecasts and studies indicate that this year will be one of strong economic recovery and intense business activity. “Our projections indicate that in this […]
Five “Interesting” Financial Tidbits
Among the many “interesting” (a safe word to use in perilous times) signs and portents swirling around us, here are five financial tidbits “of interest.” What do they mean? The answer is of […]
Dominican Republic: Food and transportation bring inflation to a level above the target
The prices of food and transportation bills have generated pressures that have brought inflation to levels above the authorities’ target. At the end of November, the year-on-year inflation rate stood at 5.26%, […]
Dow Drops Below 30,000, Global Rally Fizzles Ahead Of Data Deluge
US index futures dropped alongside shares in Europe with Dow Jones futures sliding back under 30,000. As a furious three-day rally paused ahead of a slew of pre-holiday economic indicators. Data, from […]
Barbados: Optimism that 2021 will bring double-digit growth
Rising debt, falling revenue and an overall decline in the economy were the highlights of the last quarter delivered today in an economic check-up by the Governor of the Central Bank of […]
Can America Do It All?
In fiscal year 2020, which ended on Sept. 30, the U.S. government set some impressive new records. The deficit came in at $3.1 trillion, twice the previous record of $1.4 trillion in […]
Dominican Republic: Dominican debt jumps 7.3% to US$38.6B in first half
Santo Domingo.- The Dominica debt stood at US$38.6 billion at the end of the first half, a level that translates into a 7.3% jump so far this year. With that amount, and […]
The Economy Shrank at a Record Pace This Spring. But That’s Not the Really Bad News
The government’s official stats are in, and as you might have expected, the economy shrank a tad this spring while we were all busy huddling in our apartments. Gross domestic product fell at a […]
