The Puerto Rico Manufacturing-Purchasing Managers Index increased to 53.2 in October, remaining on or above the threshold of 50 for the 12th consecuti
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Puerto Rico’s Economic Activity Index reached 120.4 in October, with indicators reflecting a “substantial improvement,” Economic Development Ban
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Puerto Rico’s policymakers must focus on two crucial issues to steer the island back on the road to economic recovery — preparing for the trade wa
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The agreement reached between the government and Sales Tax Financing Corp. creditors in August may become unviable in as little as five years if Puert
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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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