Op-Ed: What is Puerto Rico selling?
June 9, 2015
Is our current political status limiting our economic potential? That was the controversial question that was asked during last year’s ALPFA Puerto Rico’s marquee event, when a panel of five senior executives from the corporate, nonprofit and entrepreneurial sectors answered questions about our island’s most pressing problem: How to stop the infamous “brain drain.” It […]
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Planning Board: P.R. economic growth at -1.3% in FY ’15
June 1, 2015
Puerto Rico Planning Board President Luis García-Pelatti told lawmakers over the weekend that the island will experience negative economic growth of 1.3 percent and 4.2 percent, respectively in Fiscal 2015 and 2016, when the scenario is looked at from a pessimistic point of view.
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PRMA suggests remedial steps for gov’t fiscal problems
May 29, 2015
During the opening day of its annual convention Thursday, the Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association delivered a list of recommendations — including cutbacks, government restructuring and fiscal measures — to administration officials, in hopes of doing its part to help the island pull out of its economic crisis.
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Puerto Rico nonprofits create 16% of jobs, $2.2B wages
May 21, 2015
Puerto Rico’s nonprofit organizations have a positive economic impact on the island, producing 150,410 jobs — or 16 percent of all local employment — and some $2.2 billion in wages, according to a study presented Wednesday by the Foundations Network.
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A.M. Best: P.R.’s economic woes challenge for insurers
May 15, 2015
Despite the current economic challenges facing Puerto Rico, the financial strength of the Commonwealth’s insurance carriers remains generally solid, according to a new A.M. Best briefing.
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TRB, telecom providers collaborating on sector metrics
May 14, 2015
The Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board has set the ball rolling on an initiative to gather data from the island’s broadband providers to define the sector’s contributions to the economy, with results expected to be ready in a year, agency President Javier Rúa-Jovet said Wednesday.
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Op-Ed: Puerto Rico’s reality distortion field
May 11, 2015
As aptly described in Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs, this late genius of technological innovation was prone to deploying a “reality distortion field” to bend friends, foes and facts alike to his will.
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Bankers ‘frustrated,’ monitoring gov’t solutions to crisis
April 28, 2015
The heads of the island’s two largest banks took turns in recent days expressing their concerns about the current fiscal scenario and whether political leaders are willing to make the right decisions to put Puerto Rico’s economy back on track.
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Economist: Sense of crisis prevails, decision time is now
April 27, 2015
Going into its eighth year of negative growth, Puerto Rico needs to become accountable for its “sad state” of internal affairs and make a number of necessary decisions to recover growth in fiscal years to come and put an end to the prevailing sense of crisis, said economist firm H. Calero Consulting Group in the most recent edition of its internal publication “Pulse.”
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PRMA: Lower energy costs, single message are key
April 7, 2015
To effectively compete in global markets, Puerto Rico should significantly reduce energy costs and “work in unity of purpose with one voice” to ensure special tax treatment to stateside companies established on the island, said Puerto Rico Manufacturing Association President Carlos Rivera-Vélez during a recent trip to Washington, D.C.
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CNE outlines 7 strategies to spur P.R.’s economic dev’t
March 6, 2015
On the heels of testimony presented before the Senate the prior day, the Center for a New Economy on Thursday offered seven strategies to jumpstart Puerto Rico’s economy, that sidestep the government’s proposed tax reform — for now.
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Census: P.R. manufacturing shipments drop 4.5% in ’12
March 2, 2015
Puerto Rico's overall manufacturing sector reported $76.6 billion in total value of shipments for 2012, down 4.5 percent from $80.2 billion in 2007, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Economic Census of Island Areas.
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Economists: Don’t tax education, fiscal growth plan vital
February 24, 2015
Several prominent Puerto Rican economists urged lawmakers on Monday to exempt educational institutions from the proposed 16 percent value-added tax being discussed as part of a sweeping tax reform for the island.
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Electric Daisy Carnival to boost tourism, hotel bookings
February 19, 2015
This weekend’s two-day Coors Light Electric Daisy Carnival is expected to draw more than 40,000 people from Puerto Rico and other countries, boosting the island's economy and thrusting it into the international spotlight.
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Economist: ’14 turbulent, but ’15 will be decisive for P.R.
February 17, 2015
The effects of the current administration’s value-added tax proposal as part of a sweeping tax overhaul and the “liquidity time bomb” of the Government Development Bank will make 2015 a “decisive year” for making harsh decisions, analyst firm H. Calero Consulting predicted in the latest edition of its publication “Compass.”
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