Barbados

The beleaguered Four Seasons luxury resort project hit another roadblock recently, as Tullow Oil chief executive officer, Aiden Heavey,  is reported to have filed a lawsuit against... 2012-02-07

BMI View: Inflation came in at 11.2% y-o-y in October 2011, rising for the seventh consecutive month. The country is highly susceptible to imported inflationary pressures, and inflation... 2012-02-07

The inflation rate in Barbados has been steadily rising since October 2010, reaching 11.2% y-o-y in October 2011, higher than the 12-month y-o-y average of 8.1%, on the back of higher... 2012-01-06

We expect Prime Minister Freundel Stuart to reshuffle his cabinet following increased criticism of his leadership in recent months, coming from within the ruling Democratic Labour Party... 2012-01-06

We regard the Barbadian government's growth forecasts as excessively optimistic, and accordingly we remain highly skeptical of the island's fiscal deficit reduction forecasts. With... 2011-12-14

BMI View:Consumer price inflation continued to rise in August 2011, coming in at a three-year record of 10.6% y-o-y. Given that a large portion of the inflationary pressures are imported,... 2011-11-29

We are revising down our political risk rating for Barbados to 66.5 from 71.5 on the back of a prolonged period of high unemployment and inflation. As bickering continued between Barbados... 2011-11-01