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CDB to Create Regional Financing Ecosystem to Rescue and Reposition Caribbean Economies

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is moving to create a “financing ecosystem” to support the rescue, recovery and repositioning of its Borrowing Member Countries’...

Jamaica’s PPPs Earn International Recognition

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says Jamaica has attained an enviable track record of executing large-scale public-private partnership (PPP) and privatisation transactions. He...

Trinidad and Tobago – Parliament passes economic zones law

The newly approved T&T Special Economic Zones Bill, 2021 will result in the creation of a SEZ Authority. Entitled “An Act to provide for the...

Bahamas Development Bank launches Orange Economy Technology Micro Grant

The Bahamas Development Bank (“The Bank” or “BDB”) is beginning the year with a series of grants aimed at supporting innovation in the Colored...

Bahamas – UAE Technical Assistance MOU Signed in Dubai

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Public Service of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Hon. Fred Mitchell...

China tops forecasts with 8.1% growth in 2021 but headwinds loom

 China's economy rebounded in 2021 with its best growth in a decade, helped by robust exports, but there are signs that momentum is slowing...

Jamaica – 27,357 Jamaicans To Receive Cash Grants Under COVID-19 Assistance Programme

Approximately 27,357 Jamaicans will receive a one-off $16,000 payment under the COVID – 19 Cash Assistance programme. The $155 million cash transfer initiative, which was...

Bahamas – Extension To The Amendment To Special Economic Recovery Zone (SERZ) Order Granted

The Minister for Grand Bahama, The Honourable Ginger Moxey, is pleased to advise the public of the recent extension to the Amendment to the...

Jamaica – BOJ Currency Issue

For the week leading up to the Christmas holidays (13 to 17 December 2021), Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) net issued currency amounting to $6.9...

Jamaica – BOJ Currency Projections

For December 2021, Bank of Jamaica projects that the value of currency issued by the Bank will increase by approximately $23.1 billion (11.3 per...

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