Barbados

If the Freedom of Information Bill is passed by parliament before end-2008, we believe this could lead to an improvement in the 'constitutional framework' sub-component of Barbados's... 2008-11-03

BMI View: Inflation reached 9.0% y-o-y in June, up from 8.5% in May and the highest level since the index was revised in 2001. This supports our view that high global food and fuel... 2008-11-03

BMI View: A declining economic outlook means we are downgrading our real GDP growth forecast for Barbados to 1.0% and 0.5% for 2008 and 2009 respectively. With a recession in the... 2008-10-28

The Barbados government faces an additional US$100mn in debt repayment this year than in 2007, according to Prime Minister David Thompson. Thompson made the revelation in September,... 2008-10-03

According to the Central Bank of Barbados, Barbados' rate of unemployment came in at roughly 8.6% in the second quarter of 2008, 0.5 percentage points up from Q108. A lacklustre... 2008-10-03

BMI View: In mid-September, BMI travelled to the Caribbean to meet with a host of commercial banks, government ministries, local brokers and both central banks on the islands... 2008-09-22

The industrial production index declined between April and May this year, with year-on-year growth slowing to 0.4% from April's 8.0% y-o-y level. Given the volatility of this index,... 2008-09-10

The Venezuelan government has accused Barbados of violating the maritime border between the countries by auctioning oil exploration blocks within Venezuelan waters. Barbados insists... 2008-08-05

According to the most recent data released by the Barbados Statistical Service, consumer price inflation came in at a 18-month high of 7.5% y-o-y April. In line with many of its neighbours,... 2008-08-05

BMI View: As a result of high international commodity prices and slower global growth, Barbados is suffering from classic small island syndrome. Economic data for H108 disappointed,... 2008-07-30