Economists and commercial leaders consider that the government should take immediate measures to increase the money supply, and believe that the best way of doing this is by raising public sector salaries before 1997. According to the coinciding opinions of economist Jaime Aristy Escuder, the executive director of the Asociacioón Dominicana de Importadores de Leche en Lata, Puro Miguelta, the president of the Federación de Comerciantes y Detallistas, Gilberto Luna, and Juan Grullon of the Federación Dominicana de Detallistas de Provisiones, such action will reactivate the economy and halt unemployment.