Dominican Finance Minister, Juan Montas in an interview with “The Dow Jones Newswires” said that he expects the Dominican Peso to strengthen this year. Montas states his reason as –“ investors take advantage of the attractive interest rates currently on offer in the Dominican Republic”.

"There hasn't yet been a problem of appreciation but it could happen this year... Indeed there is a flow towards the Dominican Republic because of the attractiveness of interest rates."

Currently, the country’s benchmark is interest mark is 4.75%