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Barbados – Bitt and Stellar Development Foundation Selected as Finalists for The Global CBDC Challenge

Global fintech company, Bitt, and the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) have been announced as one of 15 finalists for the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s...

Evergrande’s $1.7 bln Hong Kong headquarters sale flops as buyer withdraws

Chinese state-owned Yuexiu Property (0123.HK) has pulled out of a proposed $1.7 billion deal to buy China Evergrande Group's (3333.HK) Hong Kong headquarters building over worries about the...

Trinidad & Tobago – REMOVES TAXES AND IMPORT DUTIES ON ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Effective January 1, 2022, Trinidad and Tobago will be removing all custom duties, motor vehicle tax and value-added tax on the importation of battery-powered...

Festering Evergrande contagion worries push China spreads to record

Worries over possible spiralling effects of a debt crisis at developer China Evergrande Group (3333.HK) drove Chinese high-yield spreads to record highs on Wednesday, days after...

IMF board decision hangs over Georgieva as annual meetings begin

Data-rigging allegations against International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva were set to loom over the opening of week-long IMF-World Bank annual meetings on...

Barbados – Call for Region to Collaborate to Capitalise on Available IMF Financing

President of the Caribbean Development Bank, (CDB) Dr Hyginus ‘Gene’ Leon has proposed that the US$2.5 billion in Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) available to...

DEBT REDUCTION FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MUST BE PART OF RESPONSE TO POST COVID-19 ECONOMIC SITUATION: CARICOM SG TO UNCTAD XV

An effective response to the post Covid-19 economic situation must include significant and broad debt reduction for all developing countries, including vulnerable middle to...

Trinidad and Tobago Implements the International Monetary Fund’s Enhanced General Data Dissemination System

Trinidad and Tobago has implemented the recommendations of the IMF’s Enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS) by publishing essential data through the National Summary...

FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIR JEROME POWELL: U.S. HAS NO PLANS TO BAN BITCOIN AND CRYPTO

On Thursday afternoon during the Oversight of the Treasury Department's and Federal Reserve's Pandemic Response hearing Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell confirmed that the U.S. has no...

CDB President calls for strengthening social resilience to place the Caribbean on a sustainable welfare path

Delivering the keynote at the 22nd Annual SALISES Conference, being held virtually from September 28-30, Dr Leon highlighted that the education system is the...

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