The preliminary data of the economic growth of the Dominican Republic In the 11 months since 2025, they advance what could be the period of less expansion of the country in the last five years, despite the stimuli and the reduction of interest rates in the last quarter.
The projections of Dominican Central Bank (BCRD) establish that the monthly indicator of economic activity (IMAE) will only expand 2.2% this year, after registering a sustained decrease until reaching 2.1% in November. The institution reported yesterday that last month the national economy registered a year-on-year increase of 3.2%.
If the estimates of the Central Bank about the increase of IMAE For this year, the figure would be lower between 2021 and 2025, falling behind the 2.4% that the country registered in 2023. The figure that is anticipated to grow the national economy this year is lower than its potential, which is 5%.
Despite passing a provision program liquidity for 81,000 million of pesos last June, to contribute to the channeling of credit to the productive sectors under favorable conditions, the economy did not respond to that stimulus.
At the end of September, and after nine months frozen at 5.75%, the Central Bank reduced his interest rate of monetary policy by 25 basis points, taking it to 5.50% annually. A month later it cut the same figure again, reaching 5.25%.
The monthly average of IMAE slowed in each of the elapsed 11 months of 2025, from 4.7% in January to 2.1% in November.
Although it did not report growth by sector, the monetary institution stated in a press release that the expansion of the IMAE between January and November was mainly driven by the agricultural sectors and miningas well as financial intermediation services and hotels and bars and restaurants, among others.
Without variation the TPM
Despite this low growth scenario, the BCRD decided yesterday keep invariable his policy rate monetary by 5.25% annually, taking into consideration the levels of global uncertainty and recent inflationary pressures.
