During the spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG), the agency presented the Regional Economic Outlook for the Western Hemisphere, and it showed the Dominican Republic in a glowing light. For 2025, the IMF says that the country will see a 4 to 4.5% increase in Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and this is only behind the 5.5% of Argentina.
However, for 2026, the world’s monetary watchdog says that the Dominican’s forecast 4.8% will be above Argentina’s 4.5%, giving the DR the highest forecast for the entire Western Hemisphere. The forecast for 2026 for the Central American region is Costa Rica 3.4%, El Salvador 2.5%, Guatemala 3.8%, Honduras 3.4%, Nicaragua 3.2%, Panama 4.0% and the DR 4.8%.
According to the IMF, the regional GDP growth will be just 2.0% a slight decline from 2024 when the GDP growth was set at 2.4%, mainly...
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