Several positive indicators point to an economic improvement on the island during 2021 in the face of the great losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Puerto Rico Economic Development Bank President Luis Alemañy said. The agency’s Center for Economic Studies — headed by Economists Gladys Medina and Juan Carlos Gonzalez — offered a rundown of […]
The Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce (CofC, in Spanish) asked the government — both the Executive and Legislative branches — the schedule to begin “executing” to move from recovery to economic growth, said Luis Gierbolini, president of the private sector trade group. In his statement, Gierbolini said Puerto Rico must move to resolve the issues […]
A team of researchers at the University of Puerto Rico Cayey Campus recently released the findings of a study that probes the challenges that policymakers face during a pandemic — in this case COVID-19 — regarding the fiscal and human costs associated with different mitigation measures. The research entitled “Balancing fiscal and mortality impact of […]
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