After completing her master’s degree in advertising in 2018, Camila Del Pilar thought that getting a job in her field would be easy. It wasn’t. A year has passed, and Del Pilar is working as an administrative assistant in a non-profit organization, since she hasn’t been able to find any […]
At the end of this month, the Economic Development Bank of Puerto Rico (EDB), will publish March’s Economic Activity Index (EAI) of the island. This release comes, after the last report shows a stagnant economy, due to the delay hurricane relief funds. Economist are not only going to be taking […]
Puerto Rico’s economy remains stalled, as investors and business owners delay investments, due to the uncertainty of the disaster relief funds promised by President Trump. Over the last five months, the island’s Economic Activity Index (EAI) has barely budged. When comparing November’s 2018 number to February, the difference in the […]
Carolina León and her husband are frequent flyers and are always planning trips to different locations from their home in New York City. For their next adventure, the Leons were considering visiting Puerto Rico, but the high costs on airfares changed their plans. “It’s out of our budget,” said León, […]
The delay of hurricane relief funds for Puerto Rico pulled down the island’s economy for the fourth month in a row, returning the U.S. territory to the declining trend of the fiscal crisis. The island’s Economic Activity Index (EAI) declined 0.7% in December, although it increased 16.1% over the year-ago […]
When President Trump visited Florida last month, he highlighted one achievement in particular: the economic progress made by Hispanics, a group that has strongly opposed Trump because of his immigration policies. The unemployment rate for Hispanics had hit 4.8 percent in October, a record low, and has remained at about […]