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The Puerto Rico Tourism Company’s monthly report showed a total of 147,763 hotel registrations for the month of January 2022. Compared to January 20021, this was an increase of 34,500 registrations (30.5%). However, compared to January 2020, there were 27,326 fewer registrations, a decrease of 15.6%. After seeing a high number of registrations during the...

Loans and leases for commercial domestic banks reached $32,637.5 million in 2021, their lowest point in the last decade. Loans and leases for commercial domestic banks have been declining on a yearly basis for most of the past decade, this pattern continued during 2021.  Loans and leases decreased by $1,827.4 million   or 5.3% in 2021...

The US Census Bureau carries out a yearly survey called the American Community Survey (ACS). This is one of the main sources of demographic information for the United States and Puerto Rico. It includes questions regarding housing, income, work, poverty, and many other subjects. The ACS 5-year estimates for 2020, which are based on information...