Bahamas

We maintain our forecast for 2.1% real GDP growth in 2011, rising to 2.7% in 2012, as the Bahamas continues to slowly emerge from recession. However, we reiterate our negative outlook... 2012-01-10

BMI View: We believe the Bahamas's external accounts will remain stable in the coming years, though we forecast the current account deficit to weaken from 10.3% of GDP in 2011 to... 2011-11-29

While we expect to see the Bahamas' current account deficit widen by end-2011, we believe that the country's strong business environment should keep foreign direct investment inflows... 2011-07-18

BMI View: While the sale of government-owned assets will keep the Bahamas' fiscal accounts stable in the short term, over the longer term rebalancing is required to ensure that this... 2011-04-19

BMI View: While not in the same fiscal fix as other Caribbean economies, we believe that the Bahamas' public accounts are in need of rebalancing if the islands' fiscal stability... 2010-12-09

BMI View: While not in the same fiscal fix as other Caribbean economies, we believe that the Bahamas' public accounts are in need of rebalancing if the islands' fiscal stability... 2010-12-09

he Bahamas government has signed a services agreement with the European Commission, supplementing the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) signed in December 2008. The new agreement,... 2010-02-03

The slowdown in economic growth that we had been anticipating appears underway, with the deceleration most notable in retail sales and construction activity. Tighter liquidity conditions... 2008-11-10

Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham announced an important cabinet reshuffle at the end of June. It was in part triggered by the resignation of Sidney Collie, the minister for lands and... 2008-07-09

Crime, with its capacity to scare off tourists, was again coming into close focus in the Bahamas in mid-2008. In May two local youths were charged with the attempted murder of an... 2008-06-10