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Bajans deeper in debt

Barbadian families are deep in debt. While the latest Financial...

Mortgages rule loans sector

The continued expansion in mortgages to facilitate the increased...

Growing risks threaten financial stability

Barbados’ financial system is stable but local regulators are...

Receiver invites bid for Solar Dynamics assets

Long-standing Barbados manufacturer Solar Dynamics Limited, an internationally-recognised pioneer...

IDB lauds fiscal progress, cites challenge

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) economists believe Government will find...

Economy in ‘position of strength’

Faster investment execution, stronger productivity, and improved traded -sector...

CIBC: Fee within Central Bank guidelines

CIBC Caribbean says its imminent reinstatement of a domestic electronic funds transfer (EFT) fee for corporate clients in Barbados is consistent with guidelines issued...

500 sex cases ‘backed up’

Attorney General Dale Marshall has lamented that there are about 500 sexual offences cases awaiting trial in court. His hope is that the steps Government...

Report: Small firms support minimum wage

Some small businesses in Barbados appear to support an increase in the national minimum wage. This is the finding of research which the Small Business...

FSC seeks to make submissions

Barbados Light & Power Company Limited's (BLP) bid to have the Fair Trading Commission’s (FTC) electricity rate decision overturned by the High Court has...

Massy limits US dollar dividends

There will be no United States dollar financial windfall for Massy shareholders resident in Barbados. In the face of suggestions that its decision to pay...

Renewable energy investment fund proposed

Barbadian Financial Analyst Avinash Persaud, who is the special adviser on climate change to the President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), is proposing...

IMF updated on Barbados economy

International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials in the United States have been updated on the progress of Barbados’ economic reform and the performance of the...

Barbados IMF surcharges in millions

Barbados is scheduled to pay millions of dollars more in surcharges to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this year, 2025 and beyond unless the...

IMF checks in on Barbados tomorrow

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team is scheduled to “check-in” on Barbados’ economic performance tomorrow. Before the talks get started, Central Bank Governor Dr Kevin...

Trade deficit widens to $1.6b

Barbados' trade deficit widened to $1.6 billion in the first half of the year, with an increase in imports offsetting export growth. This is detailed...