Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy court saw major activity in September, when 661 cases were filed, representing a 160 percent year-over-year increase, a
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The Economic Development Bank for Puerto Rico released the Economic Activity Index for the month of August 2018, which showed a 0.2 percent drop when
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In the year since Hurricane María struck Puerto Rico, the share of so-called “micro-revenue” firms generating $50,000 or less in profits increase
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Federal relief and recovery spending in Puerto Rico is mostly being used to contract mainland firms, which suggests that Stafford Act provisions have,
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Sacred Heart University, through its “Nuestro Barrio” program, received a $95,000 contribution to create the first Innovation Seed Fund to suppor
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When Hurricane María dealt its devastating blow to Puerto Rico a year ago today, it did so at a point in time when the island’s economy had been in
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Some 97,000 people moved from Puerto Rico to the U.S. mainland in 2017, while 20,000 did the same, but in the opposite direction, resulting in a net m
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The Puerto Rico Economists Association are promoting an “energetic transition” for the commonwealth based on the findings of a study that conclude
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Puerto Rico’s Economic Activity Index reached a level of 121.9 in July 2018, representing an increase of 0.2 percent compared to June 2018 and a de
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The heads of three main trade organizations announced the launch of the Productive Sector Council, an entity created to educate the government and the
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