The dominican economy accumulated a growth of 2.1% between January and November of this 2025, an expansion that was mainly driven by the agricultural and mining sectorsas well as financial intermediation services and hotels, bars and restaurants, among others.
The result is the product of an improvement in the monthly indicator of economic activity (IMAE) in November, which registered a year-on-year increase of 3.2%, according to data from the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD).
In a press release, the BCRD highlighted today the acceleration of the public investment in recent months, consistent with the State’s reformulated budget for 2025, which would allow for an economic recovery.
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In this way, the coordination of monetary and fiscal policies is expected to contribute to the gradual recovery of the Dominican economy, with a projected expansion of around 2.2% for 2025 and between 4.0 and 4.5% for next year, the document establishes.
Low growth
With last month’s growth, the national economy exceeds the increase of only 0.2% that it registered in October of this year, accumulating to this last period an interannual expansion of 2%.
The national economy faced difficulties in growing in the first 11 months of 2025, reaching IMAE its highest level in March last, when it recorded year-on-year growth of 5.4%, followed by November and May. In the latter it expanded by 3.1%, according to the bank’s statistical records.
