Barbados

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

Barbados' trade deficit continued to widen in July, reaching US$725mn. Total exports came in at US$40mn in July, while imports reached US$300m, up more than 30% since the beginning... 2011-11-01

The government's issue of a further BBD100mn of domestic debt is concerning, given our bearish outlook on the island's sovereign credentials and fiscal trajectory. The bonds mature... 2011-10-05

Barbados' banking sector is likely to continue suffering from poor profitability as the increasingly weak domestic economy weighs on credit growth, and high levels of non-performing... 2011-10-03