Barbados

For several decades, Barbados has prioritised the development of its international business and financial services sector through careful legislation, creating favourable conditions... 2006-06-16

BMI View: The Caribbean Development Bank estimated that real GDP growth was 3.9% in 2005. The main driver of growth was construction, which expanded by a real 13.5% on the back of... 2006-06-14

In mid-April the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague released its decision on the maritime border dispute between Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago. The resolution proceedings... 2006-05-18

Tourism activity declined by 4.5% for the first nine months of 2005. Both cruise ship and long-stay arrivals decreased over the review period, by 19.4% and 2.4% respectively. Despite... 2006-04-20

After a month of stable prices (on a monthly basis) in September, inflation resumed in October, up by 0.5% m-o-m, and by 6.7% y-o-y. While the annual figure is down on an annual... 2006-03-20

Barbados currently faces two seemingly unrelated problems: first, rising costs of fuel imports used to produce electricity. In fact, fuel imports have skyrocketed in the last decade;... 2006-03-14

Former leader of the opposition Democratic Labour Party (DLP), Clyde Mascoll, recently crossed the floor to become a member of Prime Minister Owen Arthur's Barbados Labour Party... 2006-02-20

The Central Bank of Barbados recently released its 'Review of the Economy for 2005', in which it estimated GDP growth of 4.1% for the year - more than a percentage point above the... 2006-02-15

Prime Minister Owen Arthur has set a date for the presentation of his 2005 economic policy statement – which, for the first time since taking office in 1994, he failed to present... 2006-01-27

Recent central bank data revealed that the summer months of 2005 continued the inflationary trend begun earlier in the year. After three months of moderate price increases, August... 2006-01-23