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08-23-2007, 05:40 PM
According to the Central Bank the Dominican economy remained stable showing a 7.9% increase during the first six months of the year. The CB's report provides details of agriculture (2.6%), mining (1.4%), local manufacturing (0.3%), free trade zones (-11.3%) construction (-0.3%), financial services (48.0%), communications (18.6%), commerce (14.0%), energy and water (9.8%), hotels, bars and restaurants (6.6%), transport (6.3%), housing rentals (3.7%), public administration (1.6%), education (4.0%), health (3.0%) and other activities (6.7%). The GDP experienced a 14.3% growth while accumulated inflation was at 4.38%. The report indicates that sales of consumer goods increased by 33% and raw materials sales increased by 10%. The growth in the economy is due in part to the 65.1% increase in exports. www.dr1.com/trade/documents/Informe BC-2 (http://www.dr1.com/trade/documents/Informe BC-2)[1].doc
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