Temístocles Montás attributes the slowdown in our economy’s growth to internal factors

Santo Domingo. – Former Minister of Economy, Temístocles Montás, vice president of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) attributes the economic slowdown in the current situation to internal factors. With this statement, Montás disassociates the reduction in economic growth in the Dominican Republic from the increasingly uncertain international environment. “Therefore, the economic slowdown of 2025 responds to a greater extent to internal conditions, although it develops in an increasingly uncertain international environment. Faced with this, economic policy must focus on reviving capital formation, preserving public investment, reinforcing confidence and advancing in productive and export diversification” writes in the weekly work published by the newspapers Hoy and Vanguardia del Pueblo.

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Themistocles Montás connects his appreciation of the local economy with the recommendations of Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the IMF, in a work in The Economist suggesting: First, recompose the fiscal margin without stifling economic activity, second, take care of investment and productivity, third, maintain trade as an engine of growth and Fourth, actively manage domestic uncertainty “Although the global environment is uncertain, the Dominican slowdown comes mainly from internal factors. Overcoming it requires reactivating investment, strengthening productivity, less restrictive financial conditions, and reducing structural vulnerabilities,” he concludes, hoping that the current economic brake will be transformed into an opportunity to consolidate a more resilient and competitive economy.