Press Release No.18/460 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 7, 2018 IMF Staff Concludes Visit to Barbados 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 necessarily represent the views of the…
Read More IMF PR – IMF Staff Concludes Visit to BarbadosPress Release No. 18/459 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 7, 2018 IMF Staff Concludes Visit to Jamaica 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 necessarily represent the views of…
Read More IMF PR – IMF Staff Concludes Visit to JamaicaFull text of Dr. Delisle Worrell – former Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados – October 2018 newsletter: There is a Second Opinion on the Health of the Barbadian Economy In November last year I published a diagnosis and prescription for the economy in The Barbados Economy: The Road to Prosperity, which you may…
Read More DeLisle Worrell: Second Opinion on Barbadian EconomyFive Takeaways from the 2019 Trinidad & Tobago Budget 1. Revenue and Expenditure Budget for 2019 at $47.7Bn TTD and $51.7Bn TTD respectively. 2. Super Gasoline price increase from $3.97 TTD to $4.97 TTD per llitre. 3. Economy forecast to grow by 1.9% in 2019. 4. Government will spend $2.6Bn TTD in severance packages for…
Read More Five Takeaways From Trinidad & Tobago Budget 2019Full 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…
Read More IMF Reaches Staff-Level Agreement with Barbados on an Economic Program under the Extended Fund Facility