Trinidad & Tobago
Economy
Errol McLeod, Minister of Labour, resigned from his post at the helm of the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ), a member of T&T's five party ruling coalition. This move also followed...
2012-02-06Economy
BMI View: Inflation ticked down from 5.7% y-o-y in November 2011 to come in at 5.3% in December. The slight decline in headline inflation was impacted by a slowdown in food price inflation,...
2012-02-06Economy
BMI View: Our long-term growth outlook for Trinidad and Tobago remains bleak due to a dearth of investment in the energy and non-energy sectors, as well as a mixed domestic credit...
2012-01-21Economy
Guyana's central bank maintained its benchmark repo rate at 3.0% in late December 2011, as inflation increased to 5.7% y-o-y in November from 3.7% y-o-y in October, largely on the back...
2012-01-09Economy
During Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar's state visit to India in early January, the Prime Minister and her Indian counterpart agreed to strengthen political, economic and cultural...
2012-01-09Economy
BMI View: We do not believe that the expiration of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T)'s state of emergency on December 5 implies an improvement in the country's security situation. Limited...
2011-12-22Economy
Trinidad and Tobago (T&T)'s President Kamla Persad-Bissessar has revealed that in early November police forces thwarted a plot to assassinate her and several members of her cabinet....
2011-11-29Economy
Trinidad and Tobago's (T&T) Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, participated in the Commonwealth Heads of Government summit in late October. She said the government planned...
2011-11-01



