DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Economist Jaime Aristy Escuder has weighed in on the economic fallout from the Trump administration’s policies, urging caution in the Dominican Republic’s monetary policy management, in an opinion piece in Diario Libre. He writes about how the uncertainty generated by Trump’s tariff policy and constant economic changes in government is a key concern. Even though the passing of tariffs into consumer prices hasn’t been significant yet, analysts such as Aristy Castro have been voicing serious worries.

Aristy Castro writes that the international environment, particularly the restrictions imposed by global economic shifts, has impacted the Dominican Republic’s economic growth rate. At the start of the year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Dominican government, and the Central Bank had all projected the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) would rise by 4.5%.

However...