{"id":11368,"date":"2025-04-13T17:49:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T17:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmklawyers.com\/?p=11368"},"modified":"2025-04-13T17:51:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T17:51:35","slug":"the-government-lowers-its-growth-projection-for-the-country-to-4-5-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmklawyers.com\/en\/the-government-lowers-its-growth-projection-for-the-country-to-4-5-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The government lowers its growth projection for the country to 4.5% in 2025."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The Ministry of Economy, Planning, and Development (Mepyd) has revised its growth estimates for the Dominican economy in 2025 down to 4.5%, 0.25 percentage points lower than the projections made seven months ago when it predicted a 4.75% expansion in August 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The moderation in its forecast is due to a slowdown in domestic demand, although the institution expects the situation to “improve in the coming months,” amid an inflation rate averaging 3.80% throughout the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This scenario is different from last year when the real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 5.0% despite local uncertainty due to the electoral period and a global context described as “adverse.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The projection now aligns more with those forecasted by international organizations such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For 2026, Mepyd envisions stronger domestic demand, which would allow for an expected GDP growth of 5.1%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Slowdown:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The analysis, included in its latest report “Macroeconomic Overview,” explains that the Dominican economy started the year with a modest growth of 2.2% in January due to a 7.3% contraction in construction sector activities and a 1.8% slowdown in mining and quarrying activities during that period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dollar Increase:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The institution predicts that the exchange rate will average RD$63.75 per dollar during 2025\u20140.64 pesos higher than previously forecast in August\u2014for a 7.0% depreciation compared to the RD$59.58 rate maintained in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Ministry of Economy, Planning, and Development (Mepyd) has revised its growth estimates for the Dominican economy in 2025 down to 4.5%, 0.25 percentage points lower than the projections made seven months ago when it predicted a 4.75% expansion in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":11356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[149,83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-investment-in-dr","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n