From mid-night August 2 consumers in Barbados paid more for gasoline and diesel. The retail price of gasoline rose from $2.96 BDS per litre to $3.16, an increase of twenty (20) cents / 6.8% from the previous month. The retail price of diesel rose from $2.31 BDS per litre to $2.43, an increase of twelve (12)…
Read More Barbados Fuel Price Change August 2020Reproduced with permission, the text of Dr. Delisle Worrell – former Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados – August 2020 economic letter: Strengthening Health Systems to Tame Pandemics On July 13, McKinsey & Company, one of the agencies of the famous global consultancy, issued a report entitled “Not the last pandemic: Investing now to…
Read More DeLisle Worrell: Strengthening Health Systems to Tame PandemicsFrom mid-night July 5 consumers in Barbados will pay more for gasoline and diesel. The retail price of gasoline rose from $2.80 BDS per litre to $2.96, an increase of sixteen (16) cents / 5.7% from the previous month. The retail price of diesel rose from $2.29 BDS per litre to $2.31, an increase of two…
Read More Barbados Fuel Price Change July 2020I’ll be publishing a weekly snapshot showing the reported number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the Caribbean. The June 5th snapshot can be found here. Things to note: I define the Caribbean as member and associate member states of CARICOM. The focus is on reported confirmed cases only. However, the number of reported confirmed cases do not…
Read More COVID-19 vs The Caribbean: Confirmed Cases as at June 12 2020I’ll be publishing a weekly snapshot showing the reported number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the Caribbean. The May 29 snapshot can be found here. Things to note: I define the Caribbean as member and associate member states of CARICOM. The focus is on reported confirmed cases only. However, the number of reported confirmed cases do not…
Read More COVID-19 vs The Caribbean: Confirmed Cases as at June 5 2020