Central Bank of Barbados
 
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General Publications
  • The Central Bank of Barbados Launches Publication on Corporate Governance
    The Central Bank of Barbados has issued the Proceedings of the Conference on Corporate Governance in the Financial Sector.

  • Annual Report
    This is a report on the economic activity during the year - with tables and charts on selected economic indicators; the Bank's operations and administration, along with its financial statement.

    Published; April each year

  • Annual Statistical Digest (ASD)
    This document provides statistical time series information. It is a companion to the EFS (below). The tables contain annual and quarterly data on such indicators as Central Bank and commercial bank assets and liabilities, consumer installment credit, money supply, interest rates, government operations, foreign exchange rates, general statistics on GDP, sugar production, energy consumption, employment; CARICOM data on the national debt, BOP, GDP production and consumer prices. The tables are accompanied by comprehensive notes.

    Published: September each year

  • Balance of Payments (BOP)

    The BOP contains data on the country's current account, capital flows, trade, travel, transfer payments, banks and international reserves. Also included is an analysis of the BOP, summary of the BOP survey and Notes and Definitions.

    Published: August each year

  • Economic and Financial Statistics (EFS)
    This document provides mainly quarterly and monthly time series information from 1974 to the present and annual data from 1971. Tables provide information on the same topics as the Annual Statistical Digest. Comprehensive notes accompany the tables.

    Published: 12 monthly issues by the end of last week of each month

  • Economic Review
    A quarterly report on economic activity. The analysis is accompanied by tables and charts on selected economic indicators. Articles by the Bank's staff and external contributors, book reviews, summary of government budgetary proposals (June issue) are included. The December issue carries a cumulative index of all articles, book reviews, public speeches etc. published from the first issue.

    Published: Three issues in June, September and December. It replaced the Quarterly Report which appeared in eight volumes between June 1974 and December 1981.

  • Press Releases

Press releases are published as deemed necessary. 

  • Sir Winston Scott Memorial Lectures

    The Annual Sir Winston Scott Memorial Lecture is sponsored by the Bank and dedicated to the memory of Barbados' first native Governor General Sir Winston Scott who died on August 9, 1976. The lecture is held each year in November or December and is delivered by noted intellectuals, experts in their field. Lectures have been delivered on a range of areas e.g.: Economics, Science, Culture, Health and Religion.

    Published: Once a year. First issue 1976

  • Working papers
    These are draft research papers prepared by economists at the Central Bank of Barbados. Limited copies are produced for distribution, however, expressed permission is required from the authors before they can be quoted, or reproduced.

 

 
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