ECONOMY CONTRACTED 3.7%. A Planning Board (PB) report shows a reduction of 3.7% in Puerto Rico's gross domestic product (GDP) during fiscal year 2009 (FY '09), which ended June 30, 2009, reports Caribbean Business (Jan. 14, 2010). The FY '09 reduction follows contractions of -2.8% and -1.2% in FY '08 and FY '07, respectively. Investment in construction fell from $5.39 billion in FY '08 to $4.4 billion in FY '09. Exports fell …

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