The population trends in Puerto Rico reflected in the latest 2020 Census report will require the government to adopt strategies and policies to address a population situation very different from the one that has characterized the island. Furthermore, there are fewer people living on the island and in this reduced population, the older cohorts have […]
The Financial Stability Index of commercial banks in Puerto Rico, prepared by Estudios Técnicos Inc., shows a strengthening in the banking industry this year, mainly due to an improvement in its liquidity and increases of $16 billion in deposits in the first quarter of 2021. “The index increased from 0.52 in the first quarter of […]
Conditions for Puerto Rico’s credit union industry continued improving as of the fourth quarter of 2020, with greater liquidity, asset quality and a 20% increase in total deposits, according to the new Credit Union Industry Financial Stability Index for Puerto Rico, produced by Estudios Técnicos Inc. (ETI). “The index increased from 0.38 in the fourth quarter […]
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