Nada

Good
Tourism had risen compared to last year; some contacts along the coast and skirt resort reported a better improvement perhaps because double digit discounts. The low-middle priced housessales increase due to the benefit from tax credits for first-time home buyers. Commercial leasing remained steady and growing slowly throughout the year. Manufacturing showed an increase in new orders anda higher demand for raw material. Even though, district ports remained weak for the first couple months, manufactures shipments have increase simultaneously; some contacts expect a possibleimprovement in the near future. Some districts anticipated a slightly pick up in the demand of temporary workers IT’s and sales; several contacts are very optimistic they do believe that manufactures willstart hiring people again. An improvement in the stock market and lower prices had enabled some discount retails to experience an increase of shopper traffic and automobiles dealer experienced highersales than before. Recent rains and sunny dry days helped farmers during harvest season; this was excellent news for wheat and crop farmers.
WORST
Tropical storm forced cancellation in many hotelsalong the coast, it also impact agriculture by damaging and flooding crops. Manufacturing has reduced its inventory due that there isn’t much demand for their products; also employers have madedramatically reduction of their staff and reduced wages just to break-even. Import and export have dropped substantially. Commercial finance is struggling to keep up with variable rates, the credit qualityfell. Credit standards are unchanged and consultants are having hard time with stricter policies. Retail sales were really low during for almost the whole year for big tickets items, many of them cutpayrolls, decreasing employees while other close their doors. Vehicles sales and domestic brands were weak. While, retail and services remained unchanged, most contacts noticed that customers are more...