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September 25, 2018 by Amit Uttamchandani

IMF PR – Trinidad and Tobago: IMF Executive Board Concludes the 2018 Article IV Consultation

Press Release No. 18/356 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 25, 2018 IMF Executive Board Concludes 2018 Article IV Consultation with Trinidad and Tobago On August 31, 2018, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation [1] with Trinidad and Tobago and considered and endorsed the staff appraisal without a meeting. [2] Executive Board Assessment…

September 7, 2018 by Amit Uttamchandani

IMF Reaches Staff-Level Agreement with Barbados on an Economic Program under the Extended Fund Facility

Full Press Release: IMF Reaches Staff-Level Agreement with Barbados on an Economic Program under the Extended Fund Facility September 7, 2018 End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not…

September 4, 2018 by Amit Uttamchandani

Barbados Fuel Price Change September 2018

From mid-night September 2 (September 3) consumers paid more for gasoline and less for diesel. The retail price of gasoline moved from $3.88 BDS per litre to $3.91, an increase of 3 cents, or +0.8%. Diesel moved from $3.15 BDS per litre to $3.14, a decrease of 1 cent, or -0.3% (Source: Barbados Government Information…

August 6, 2018 by Amit Uttamchandani

Barbados Fuel Price Change August 2018

Source: Pixabay Consumers are paying less at the pump for gasoline and diesel from today. The retail price of gasoline moved from $3.96 BDS per litre to $3.88 a decrease of 8 cents, or 2%. Diesel moved from $3.21 BDS per litre to $3.15 a decrease of 6 cents, or 1.9% (Source: Barbados Today).

August 4, 2018 by Amit Uttamchandani

Barbados Murder Statistics July 2018

I recorded three unnatural deaths for the month of July. All three of them were shooting related (Pauline Clarke, 38, Donason Ricardo Husbands, 26 and Zico Bowen, 25). Total number of deaths recorded from January 1 to July 31 = 23. A few words on the data collection methodology employed. My data sources are The…