*The Dominican Republic’s central bank (BCRD) has released new figures which show year-on-year inflation closed 2023 at 3.57%, within the target range of 4.0% +/-1.0%. According to the same figures, monthly inflation was 0.54%, less than the 0.96% registered in December 2022 though up from 0.14% monthly inflation in November when the year-on-year rate was 4.0%.