Dominican Republic
Economy
Our view that inflation had peaked in August at 10.2% y-o-y and has played out as it came in at 8.6% in November. Inflation in 2011 was primarily driven by the government's cutting...
2012-01-06Economy
Hundreds of people protested on December 8 in front of the Supreme Court against a Dominican government practice of confiscating or annulling birth certificates for residents of Haitian...
2012-01-06Economy
BMI View: After peaking at 10.2% y-o-y in August 2011, consumer price inflation in DomRep trended down somewhat, coming in at 8.9% y-o-y in October. As recent inflationary pressures...
2011-11-29Economy
The rise in crime has prompted the Dominican Republic (DomRep)'s Chamber of Deputies to approve sweeping changes to the Penal Procedural Code in order to impose harsher sentences on...
2011-11-29Economy
Amnesty International released a damning report in October reporting on widespread violence and abuse committed by the police in the Dominican Republic. The report claims that the police...
2011-11-01Economy
The Dominican Republic's weaker than expected 4.0% real GDP growth in H111 has prompted us to revise down the country's 2011 headline growth forecast to 3.2%, from 4.9% previously....
2011-10-31Economy
Real GDP in the Dominican Republic grew by 4.0% y-o-y in the first half of 2011, a deterioration compared to the 7.5% y-o-y increase one year earlier. The decline is consistent with...
2011-10-04Economy
Business leaders from the province of Santiago called on the Dominican Republic's President Leonel Fernández to revamp the country's Labour Code. Earlier in September the Dominican...
2011-10-04
