Concurrent with dissemination of these estimates for 2018Q2, we have advanced the currency reference year for Puerto Rico and its seven metro areas. This renders them consistent with other U.S. national and subnational historical and estimated GDP datasets, all of which were impacted by the NIPA comprehensive update in July 2018.
The net effect is that the series are shifted upwards, because of inflation in the U.S. dollar between 2009 and 2012.
Scope of change:
The series reside in the historical catalog (United States » National Accounts » Gross domestic product - US Territories » Puerto Rico » Quarterly » Gross Product » Moody's Analytics Estimated).
See also