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The week in numbers: the dollar fell to RD$61.27 at bank counters in the Dominican Republic, plus 8 more figures
Financial institutions sold the dollar at RD$61.2674 at the counter on October 29, 2026, 0.38 % less than the previous Friday and 4.76 % less than a year earlier, according to the daily survey of the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD). We also recap the week's figures: the 2027 budget, tax expenditure, prices, remittances, trade with Haiti, expectations and informal employment.
Every Friday, Economía con Datos gathers the official figures we published during the week and the latest data from the series that changed in our Data section. This week, October 26-30, 2026, the figure that moved the most was the dollar.
The dollar and the euro, cheaper at the counter
According to the Central Bank's daily counter survey, financial institutions sold the dollar at RD$61.2674 on October 29, 2026, compared with RD$61.5003 on Friday, October 23 (−0.38 %) and RD$64.3266 a year earlier (−4.76 %). Buying US$100 cost RD$6,126.74, RD$305.92 less than a year ago. The euro sold at RD$70.6472, down 0.41 % on the week and 8.00 % on the year. Differences and percentages are Economía con Datos calculations with Central Bank data.
This week's figures
The draft 2027 budget allocates RD$1,837,856.0 million in central government spending: of every RD$100, RD$21.54 go to public debt management and RD$19.89 to Education. Tax expenditure for 2027 is estimated at RD$458,629.93 million, 4.78 % of GDP. What cost RD$1,000 in September 2016 costs RD$1,581 in September 2026 (+58.14 %).
Remittances reached US$11.8663 billion in 2025, 2.4 times the 2015 level, and US$200 converted to RD$11,880.08 on October 22, 2026, RD$649.02 less than a year earlier. Exports to Haiti totaled US$1,040.5 million in January-September 2026 (+19.5 %). Analysts' median expected exchange rate for year-end 2026 rose to RD$62.10, and 53.84 of every 100 employed people held informal jobs in April-June 2026.
Source: Banco Central de la República Dominicana (document in Spanish).
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