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August 12, 2019 by Amit Uttamchandani 0 comments

DeLisle Worrell: Public Sector Reform Begins With the Timely Publication of Annual Reports

Reproduced with permission, the full text of Dr. Delisle Worrell – former Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados – August 2019 newsletter: The main reason that Barbados slipped from Number 46 in the global competitiveness rankings to Number 72 in the most recent Global Competitiveness Report is the poor performance of our public sector.…

August 4, 2019 by Amit Uttamchandani 0 comments

Barbados Fuel Price Change August 2019

From mid-night August 4 consumers in Barbados will pay less for gasoline and diesel. The retail price of gasoline will be $3.78 BDS per litre, down from $3.86 BDS, 8 cents / 2.1% less. The retail price of diesel will be $2.96 BDS per litre, down from $3.02 BDS, 6 cents / 2.8% less. (Source: Barbados Government…

August 4, 2019 by Amit Uttamchandani 0 comments

Barbados Murder Statistics July 2019

July 2019 saw at least two murders taking place in Barbados (32 for the year so far). Both of them took place in in St. Michael. The victims were male and died as a result of gun and knife related violence. The data was collected and compiled based on available media reports at the time. See…

July 11, 2019 by Amit Uttamchandani 0 comments

DeLisle Worrell: Sovereignty and the US Dollar

Reproduced with permission, the full text of Dr. Delisle Worrell – former Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados – July 2019 newsletter: The one question which always surfaces in response to my lecture “The time has come to permanently retire all our Caribbean currencies” (search for this title on Youtube) is about national sovereignty.…

July 9, 2019 by Amit Uttamchandani 0 comments

Barbados Fuel Price Change July 2019

From mid-night July 7 consumers in Barbados paid less for gasoline and diesel. The retail price of gasoline fell from $3.93 BDS per litre to $3.86, 7 cents / 1.8% less. The retail price of diesel fell from $3.14 BDS per litre to $3.02 BDS, 12 cents / 3.8% less. (Source: Barbados Government Information Service). Insights For…

July 3, 2019 by Amit Uttamchandani 0 comments

Barbados Murder Statistics June 2019

June 2019 saw four murders taking place in Barbados (30 for the year so far). Two of them took place in in St. Michael, while the remaining two took place in St. Philip and Christ Church respectively. The four victims were all male and died as a result of gun violence. The data was collected and compiled based on…

June 24, 2019 by Amit Uttamchandani 0 comments

IMF PR: IMF Completes Review, Approves US$48M Disbursement Under Extended Fund Facility For Barbados

Press Release No. 19/235 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 24, 2019 IMF Executive Board Completes First Review Under the IMF’s Extended Fund Facility for Barbados and Approves US$48.7 Million Disbursement · The completion of the review enables an immediate disbursement of SDR 35 million (about US$48.70 million). A four-year EFF arrangement was approved on October 1,…