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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Forecast 15 Nov 2013 by Pavel Isa and Fabricio Gomez

Executive SummaryPreliminary figures set GDP growth for January-September 2013 at 2.9%, most of which is due to the growth registered in Q3, estimated at 5.5%. Leading activities during the period were mining, finance, hotels, bars and restaurants, health services, communications, education, other services and agriculture. The Q3 rate of growth is the highest registered in the country since 2010. Given this performance, we don’t foresee difficulties in reaching the targeted rate of 3% GDP growth for the whole year. On the public finance front, performance in Q3 corrected the course drawn du...

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