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The U.S. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report stating that unemployment in April 2022 has decreased when compared to March; it reached 77,561 a 2.6% decrease when compared to the previous month. Additionally, it had an even greater decrease when compared with the April 2021 number, which had a decrease of -16% change...

The latest report released by The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics states that inflation in the month of April 2022 is up to 8.3%. Meaning that goods and services were 8.3% more expensive in April 2022 than in April 2021. This year’s rate almost doubled the rate of April 2021 when it was 4.2%. Also,...

The Economic Activity Index (EAI) is a measure of the island economic activity calculated by the Economic Development Bank of Puerto Rico.  It is based of four macroeconomic indicators, Total Non-Farm Payroll, Electric Power Generation, Gas Consumption and Cement Sales.   Altogether these indicators closely model trends in the islands production, because of this, changes in...