Puerto Rico economic indicators highlight migration and rising costs. #NewsismyBusiness
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In a recently released paper, the firm predicted that while growth for the 2018 calendar year will be “0,” prospects for 2019 depend on the amount and rate of federal funds disbursed for the island’s recovery efforts.
Puerto Rico needs to find its “true north,” by aligning all of its efforts and resources toward achieving economic growth and job creation, or risk experiencing an outcome “much worse than has so far been imagined,” said economist firm H. Calero Consulting Group in its most recent edition of “Compass,” an internal publication.
Puerto Rico’s road to economic recovery is feasible, but remains a long one and depends entirely on the government’s commitment to lowering electricity costs, stabilizing fiscal revenue, reverting net outward migration, and increasing private investment, H. Calero Consulting Group Inc. expressed in the latest edition of “Compass,” its quarterly publication.
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