As always, the country's economy is paying a heavy price for the soaring insecurity. Forecasts point to a sixth consecutive year of negative growth. "What we are witnessing is more serious than the first five years when the country experienced negative growth. The International Monetary Fund's forecasts support this, speaking of -3%. We have not yet seen this decline. However, if the situation continues to worsen, we can expect not only a sixth consecutive year of negative growth but also a greater decline this year if the situation remains unchanged during the remaining months of the fiscal year," analyzed Dr. Thomas Lalime, emphasizing the need to restore security.

Dr. Thomas Lalime compares the current situation to the coup d'état of September 30, 1991, and the post-earthquake period of January 12, 2010. He believes that in economic terms, disregarding loss of human lives, the consequences of what has happened over the past five or six years in Haiti could be more severe than those of the earthquake on January 12, 2010. One of the reasons he mentioned is that after the earthquake, the country had received assistance and sympathy from the international community. "Today, the international community ridicules us. They see us as people who don't know what they want, people who don't know which solutions to adopt, or people who are sinking into problems," Lalime stated. "In the textile sector, when we lost so many jobs, it was during the coup d'état when there was an embargo," he recalled.