The lack of progress in getting Puerto Rico’s economy back on track does not bode well for what should happen in 2020, according to an analysis by H. Calero Consulting Group Inc. “The economy needs to grow soon, or the assumptions made in negotiating with bondholders may have to be revisited. Something everyone will want […]
Over the last decade, a group of demographers has raised their voices concerning the Puerto Rico’s population decline. Probably the most accessible and comprehensive text on this topic is “Puerto Rico 2000–2010: Más allá del censo” by Raúl Figueroa, Dr. Rosario Rivera-Negrón and Dr. Judith Rodríguez-Figueroa. Here, I will present some demographic trends regarding Puerto […]
Two years after Hurricane María battered Puerto Rico, local think tank Center for a New Economy has developed an innovative digital platform to help examine Puerto Rico’s economic growth after the storm. The new Federal Post-María Contracting Monitoring Dashboard gives reporters, academics, organizations, and individuals the ability to easily access all available data relating to […]
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