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Economy August 31, 2017 | 10:35 am

Only ‘urgent’ minimum wage hike can halt economic slowdown

Santo Domingo - The Santo Domingo Institute of Technology (INTEC) School of Economics on Tues. urged the Government to submit a bill which raises the minimum wage, to recover the economy in the short term, noting that the slowdown has affected GDP growth, which fell from 5.3% in the first quarter to 2.7% in 2Q. In the second Analysis of the Dominican Economy (IAED), Intec's Economy and Business... Read more

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