Barbados

Measures by Barbados's new prime minister to address the impact of inflation on low income families may alleviate some pressures on poor income families. However, the new budget threatens... 2008-07-09

Growing concerns about rising living costs in Barbados may weigh on the island's short-term political risk rating in the near term. For the time being, official data is only available... 2008-07-09

After racking up US$203mn in foreign reserves in 2007, total reserves at the Barbados Central Bank stood at US$839mn by year-end.

Barbadian Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, David Thompson, announced on June 7 plans to broaden the consultative process for this year's budget to include a wider cross section... 2008-06-10

BMI View: We see the Barbados economy slowing this year and next and have pencilled in real GDP growth rates of 3.3% and 2.9% accordingly. The country's services sector (particularly... 2008-06-10

With output in Barbados' agriculture sector stagnating in Q108, we are concerned that the island will become increasingly vulnerable to volatility and elevation of international agricultural... 2008-06-06

Further to the latest instalment of military aid received in March, Barbados is set to benefit from another round of grants from China. Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister,... 2008-05-14

According to latest IMF data, exports fell by 16.7% q-o-q from US$89.4mn to US$74.5mn in Q307. Q2 historically is the strongest quarter, and we are encouraged that this quarterly... 2008-05-14

Ranking an impressive 23rd out of 179 countries globally in Transparency International's 2007 Transparency Corruption Index, Barbados continues to make improvements to government... 2008-04-10

After having fallen from a peak of 8.4% y-o-y in September 2006 to a three-year low of 2.9% y-o-y 12 months later, consumer price inflation (CPI) in Barbados has been edging back... 2008-04-10