The Coincident Manufacturing Index (CMI) for December 2022 was 114.2 (2016 = 100). Compared to the previous month of November 2022’s 113.9 CMI value, the activity within the sector for December 2022 has increased by 0.3%. When compared with the same month of the previous year of December 2021 that had a CMI of 107.6,...Read More
Sales for December 2022 amounted to $3,736.12 million dollars, this was an increase of 11.3% on a year-to-year basis from December 2021 that produced $3,357.7 million dollars in sales. Compared to the previous month of November 2022 with $3,168.6 million dollars in sales, December 2022 represented a 17.9% increase in sales month-to-month. For the December...Read More
In the month of January 2023, a total of 9,505 new car units were sold in Puerto Rico, an -8.7% decrease when compared to January 2022, according to data from the United Group of Automobile Importers (GUIA, for its Spanish acronym). Car sales have been down for three months and are the lowest for a...Read More
The Economic Activity Index (EAI) registered a -0.6% decrease in October 2022, a -1.0% decrease in November 2022 and a 0.6% increase in December 2022 when com- pared to the same month in 2021. As for the sub-indexes: • Total non-farm payroll employment averaged 928,800 jobs in December; which represents an increase of 0.2% in...Read More
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased by 0.5 percent in January on a seasonally adjusted basis, after a 0.1 percent increase in December, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The all-items index increased by 6.4 percent over the past 12 months before seasonal adjustment. The rise in all items...Read More
In a supplemental survey of manufacturing establishments, the biggest challenges faced by companies during the past month were: in operations (shortage of raw material 20%, lead times 13%, costs 13%, supply chain logistics 13%, holiday disruptions 13%, maintenance and repair of machinery and equipment 7%), human resources (employment 40%, absenteeism 13%, Covid 13%) and utilities...Read More
The inflation rate for December 2022 showed a significant increase of 6.0% compared to the same period in the previous year. When looking over time, The inflation rate on the Island seems to be slowing down, which may suggest that it will return to normal levels in the coming future. This increase was seen across...Read More
The number of jobs for December 2022 equaled 927,100 employees. The number of jobs observed is an increase of 35,400 employees (4%) compared to December 2021, although it still represents a reduction of 1,500 jobs (0.2%) compared to the previous month of November 2022. The workforce increased to 1,233,000 individuals by December 2022, an increase...Read More
Sales registered for October 2022 amounted to $3,157.17 million dollars, when compared with the same month in 2021 it represents an increase of 2.5%. Compared to the previous month, this is a 11.6% increase from September 2022 that had a total of $2,828.34 million in sales. The five sectors with the highest reported increases during...Read More
With the most recent information from November 2022 the overall consumer price index for Puerto Rico reached 131.9, increasing 0.4% from the previous month’s October 2022 value of 131.4 and a 6.3% increase from the November 2021 value of 124.1. For context this would mean a purchasing power of $0.76 for November 2022 in December 2006 dollars, a reduction in purchasing power of $0.05 compared to the...Read More
