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08Jul2016
Book Review - America’s Bank: The Epic Struggle to Create the Federal Reserve. Lowenstein, Roger. Penguin Press, 2015 "The book America’s Bank provides an engaging recount of the events and players involved in the US Federal Reserve. While the text is a tremendous accomplishment in relation to economic history, it is written in a very engaging fashion and should easily be consumed by persons with little or no training in finance or economics."...
08Jul2016
Book Review - Rethinking Productive Development Sound Policies and Institutions for Economic Transformations, Palgrave Macmillan; 2014 “Despite the limitations the book fulfils its intended goal, that is, to rethink productive development policies to improve income per capita in the region and close the income per capita gap between the region and the more advanced countries….”...
08Jul2016
Book Review - Reinventing Financial Regulation by Avinash Persaud, Apress; 2015 edition “The book offers a fresh and useful perspective on financial regulation, hinged on regulation moving from a focus on risk sensitivity to one on risk-absorptive capacity….”...
05Jul2016
Fixed for Forty-One Years July 5 marks 41 years that the Barbados currency has been pegged to the US dollar....
04Jul2016
The Value of a Fixed Exchange Rate The contrasting fortunes of Jamaica's and Cayman Islands' currencies shows the merits of protecting the peg....
04Jul2016
Selected Market Statistics Auction Results June 29, 2016

This bulletin provides selected market statistics on the most recent...

30Jun2016
De-Risking and its Impact: The Caribbean Perspective The CARICOM Central Bank Governors Technical Working Group on De-Risking recently released a working paper investigating the extent to which the severing of correspondent banking relationships is affecting the Caribbean....
29Jun2016
Issue of $150,000,000 Barbados Government 6.50% Treasury Note 2025

Applications are invited for subscription to this Treasury Note...

29Jun2016
Building Bridges to China Governor DeLisle Worrell recently led a small Barbados delegation on an official visit to China....
27Jun2016
Central Banks and the Financing of Development Presentation to the 2015 High Level Caribbean Forum “Financing Growth”...
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