Likewise, Rodríguez details that up to last february, 919,928 formal jobs were registered in the salvadoran economy, a figure higher than the 881 thousand jobs registered in february 2020 and 859 thousand in february 2021.
He also highlighted that inflation is a factor that is affecting the whole world, but El Salvador is among the 5 countries in Latin America with the lowest inflation.
It points to some Latin American countries with inflation higher than the 6.5% recorded by El Salvador, Brazil, with 12.1%; Paraguay, 11.8%; Chile, 10.2%; Nicaragua, 9.9%; Dominican Republic, 9.6%, and Uruguay, with 9.4%.
He saidd that after having reached 6.7% last february, inflation dropped to 6.5% in march, which ratifies that the measures taken to face inflation are working.
He informed that the economic growth forecast for this year remains at 3.2%.
He also stated that large companies will invest more than US$1.2 billion in 2022, in addition to the Central Government's plan to invest US$1.5 billion in infrastructure projects.