Tag: Business
‘Economy resilient but testing times loom’
As officials from the Central Bank of Barbados and Ministry of Finance join their counterparts in Washington DC this week for the International Monetary...
12 000 jobs under Compete Caribbean
Compete Caribbean, a private sector development programme based in Barbados, has assisted 2 000 businesses and helped to create more than 12 000 new...
‘Go green or miss investment’
Go green or risk being gone from the investment map.
Shania Taylor, an economic analyst in First Citizens’ economic research unit, says this is the...
Target ‘investment grade rating’
Economist Dr Ankie Scott-Joseph is warning that Barbados risks falling back into an expensive borrowing trap unless it regains an investment grade credit rating.
“For...
‘Too much’ imported sugar
Minister of Agriculture Indar Weir says too much sugar is being imported, a situation which he says is being monitored by his ministry.
“I would...
$3b spent on imports
Barbados' spending on imports surged to $3.03 billion in the first eight months of the year, as total exports in the same period fell...