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LatinNews Daily - 24 October 2018

In brief: Dominican Republic

* The governor of the Dominican Republic’s (DR) central bank (BCRD), Héctor Valdez Albizu, has revealed preliminary figures which show that the DR’s GDP growth in September was 8.6% year-on-year, bringing the accumulated rate for the year to 6.9%. Sectors to have registered significant growth include: free trade zones (which grew 12% in the first nine months of the year); construction (10.9%); trade (8.9%); health (8.7%); communications (8%); financial services (7.7%); agriculture (6.9%); transport (6.7%); and local manufacturing (6.3%).

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