 As part of his 1984 electoral campaign, Hernández Colón released a musical album with Puerto Rican country music titled "Ahora Es Que Vamos" ("Here We Go Now").During this time Puerto Rico experienced an economic boom with GDP growth at 5% during the years 1987–1989 the highest since Operation Bootstrap and the Economic Boom in the United States.Unemployment dropped drastically in his term from an all-time high 25% in 1983 to 12.0% in 1990.