The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute has begun the registration period for the second half of its workshops cycle, which are offered each semester to offer the theoretical and practical foundations for statistics-related topics.
The Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute, Mario Marazzi-Santiago announced Monday that he has been appointed to serve as a member of Data Users Advisory Committee of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Investments made in Puerto Rico by companies performing research and development activities totaled $449.3 million in Fiscal 2013, up 3.3 percent in comparison to the total reported in 2009, the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute revealed.
More than half of Puerto Rico homes had access to the Internet in 2013, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau through its Puerto Rico Community Survey.
The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute has requested the island’s inclusion in a monthly survey published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration that will allow more timely access to the evolution of Puerto Rico’s energy system, agency Executive Director Mario Marazzi said.
The tripling of global oil prices during the last decade has been largely passed through to consumers in Puerto Rico’s oil‐intensive economy, causing a domino effect that has trickled down through the main sectors of the economy, Banco Popular’s “Progreso Económico” report concluded.
The public and private sectors released sharply contrasting economic productivity reports Thursday that on the one hand claimed an increase in public revenue collections, while on the other denoted a significant contraction in manufacturing sector activity.
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