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June 5, 2019 by Amit Uttamchandani

DeLisle Worrell: The Time Has Come to Permanently Retire All Our Caribbean Currencies

Reproduced with permission, the full text of Dr. Delisle Worrell – former Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados – June 2019 newsletter: The Time Has Come to Permanently Retire All Our Caribbean Currencies Caribbean currencies served a crucial purpose when they were first introduced, but they have now become a nuisance in today’s digitised…

December 15, 2018 by Amit Uttamchandani

DeLisle Worrell Year In Review 2018

My Year in Review 2018 The Economic Letter This year my monthly Economic Letter became a widely-anticipated source of information and analysis of the Barbadian economy, written for ordinary citizens. In my January Letter I explained that even though the outlook for the year was dire, my pamphlet The Barbados economy: the road to prosperity offered a…

June 26, 2018 by Amit Uttamchandani 4 comments

Is iMarketsLive A Scam?

iMarketsLive recently held events in Barbados and Trinidad. From what I understand, the Barbados event had a huge attendance (several hundred, possibly thousands from what I remember hearing). This piqued my interest in iMarketsLive itself. Who is iMarketsLive and was this a potential scam in the making? In this post I will refrain from answering…

May 11, 2018 by Amit Uttamchandani

IMF Economic Projections for the Caribbean

The IMF just released their projections for Latin America and the Caribbean earlier today. Here’s what you need to know as it relates to the Caribbean (the full report is available here):

April 12, 2018 by Amit Uttamchandani

Gender Diversity in the Boards of Directors of Caribbean Companies

Gender diversity in the boards of directors of companies is an important topic across the globe. Research indicates that women are still underrepresented. It appears that the Caribbean is no different. Based on informal research and a sample of eight Caribbean companies, the majority of boards consist of men. Research Background The catalyst for…