During the month of July 2021, gross General Fund revenue in Puerto Rico reached a total of $801 million. Compared to the previous month of June, there was a decrease in revenue of $553 million, or 40.9%. Compared to July 2021, there was a decrease in revenue of 23.1%. Most of this decrease in revenue...Read More
Inflation August 2021 The consumer price index for the month of August in Puerto Rico was 122.48. Compared to August 2020, the consumer price index had a 3.3% increase. Compared to the previous month of July, there was a 0.4% increase. This was the 12th consecutive month with an increase in the index. Recent supply...Read More
For the 2nd quarter of 2021, there were a total of 1,337,161 inbound passengers at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (LMM) and 1,334,199 outbound passengers. Compared to the previous quarter, there was an increase of 49.8% in inbound traffic and of 52.8% in outbound traffic. Since 2020 was an outlier in terms of traffic due...Read More
Retail sales in Puerto Rico for the month of May 2021 totaled $3.347 billion. Compared to the previous month of April, sales increased by $397 million, or 13.5%. Since April and May of 2020 were affected by the COVID lockdown executive orders, year over year comparisons will be made with 2019 in order to provide...Read More
New and used housing units sales have been released for July 2021. Total housing units sold were 1,212 for $203,080,412 of aggregated sales. On average, housing units were sold for $167,558.10 each one. Total loans stood at $181,342,617, 4% more than in June and 30% more than in July 2020. Total units sold in July...Read More
Las ventas de autos nuevos en junio 2021 en Puerto Rico aumentaron por un 9.3% en comparación con junio del año pasado. En comparación con junio 2019, las ventas aumentaron por un 14.5%. Por otro lado, las ventas disminuyeron por 8.3% en comparación con el mes anterior sin embargo, este es el 9no mes consecutivo...Read More
La disminución en población de Puerto Rico es uno de los grandes retos que le enfrenta a la isla. Una de las grandes preocupaciones de esto es el envejecimiento de sus habitantes y los efectos económicos de cuidar de una población mayor que va en aumento. Uno de los efectos que esto tiene se ve...Read More
Puerto Rico is facing several demographic challenges, in particular its diminishing population. The main concerns with the island’s diminishing population over the past 15 years have been mostly about the costs associated with the aging of the population that remains. The other side of this however can be seen in how total school enrollment on...Read More
Pharmaceutical and medical manufacturing is one of the most important components of the Puerto Rican economy. In the 2020 fiscal year, this sector received more than $30 billion in net income. Compared to 2019, net income for this sector increased by 0.03%. We can expect this total to decrease for FY2021 due to the recession...Read More
En el mes de junio del 2021, se vendieron un total de 1,680 unidades de vivienda. Comparado con junio del 2020, hubo un aumento en ventas de 9.7% Comparado con el mes previo de mayo, hubo una disminución de 9.3%. Las ventas de vivienda han ido disminuyendo en los últimos meses comparado con el repunte...Read More
