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The week in numbers: US$100 by transfer cost RD$6,140.96 in the Dominican Republic, plus 10 more figures
Financial institutions sold the dollar by transfer at RD$61.4096 on November 5, 2026, 0.06 % more than the previous Friday and 4.83 % 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: customs revenue, checks, credit cards, remittances, renewable power, the foreign exchange market, December visits, core inflation, savings rates and grocery prices.
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, November 2-6, 2026, we start with the dollar and euro transfer rates, the ones applied when money moves between accounts.
The dollar and the euro by transfer, almost unchanged on the week
According to the Central Bank's daily transfer survey, financial institutions sold the dollar at RD$61.4096 on November 5, 2026, compared with RD$61.3709 on Friday, October 30 (+0.06 %) and RD$64.5257 a year earlier (−4.83 %). Buying US$100 cost RD$6,140.96, RD$311.61 less than a year ago, while US$200 sold to a financial institution fetched RD$11,836.70, RD$766.84 less. The euro sold at RD$70.7305, up 0.26 % on the week and down 7.71 % on the year. Differences and percentages are Economía con Datos calculations with Central Bank data.
This week's figures
The Directorate General of Customs (DGA) collected RD$27,778 million in October 2026, its highest monthly revenue on record and 15.7 % more than in October 2025. Only 2,833,653 checks were presented for clearing in January-September 2026, the fewest since 2007. The credit card interest rate reached 58.35 % a year in September 2026, the highest since February 2018.
In January-September 2026, 49.58 % of family remittances were paid out in Dominican pesos, up from 31.00 % in 2020. Renewables made up 33.74 of every 100 megawatts of installed power capacity in 2024, versus 18.63 in 2014. The foreign exchange market averaged US$258.71 million a day in 2026, up from US$87.92 million in 2019.
A record 220,168 non-resident Dominicans arrived by air in December 2025. Core inflation was 4.61 % in the year to September 2026. Banks paid 7.40 % on one-year peso deposits and 3.57 % on dollar deposits in September 2026, and a sample basket of 10 basic grocery items cost RD$2,760.43 in Santo Domingo corner stores.
Source: Banco Central de la República Dominicana (document in Spanish).
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