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[UPDATED] Private Sector Organisation's mission: Drive exports, attract $$, curb forex crisis
10 Dec 2025 19:09 GMT
… to addressing the perpetual forex shortfall.
The minister also … as access to foreign currency and logistics. “We … conserve forex while strengthening domestic supply chains. “Every dollar saved … regional counterparts in Guyana, Barbados, Jamaica and the wider …
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Devaluation not the answer to forex shortage
14 Sep 2025 03:11 GMT
… contraindicates a currency devaluation but further exacerbates the forex reserve shortage … rather than generating much-needed forex.
In fact, this … dependence on the US dollar by permitting member countries … . The central banks of Barbados, The Bahamas and the …
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Breaking the forex cycle
13 Sep 2025 01:55 GMT
… forex earner. Today, the sector contributes more than 30% of GDP.
• Barbados … lesson is clear: forex stability comes from diversification … inflows.
• Transparent forex allocation: Greater transparency … The Bahamas’ “Sand Dollar” shows how small nations …
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Caricom members should dispense with inconvenience of individual currencies that derive their value from the US dollar
10 Sep 2025 07:39 GMT
… Caricom budget.
● A single currency for all of Caricom, similar … just-concluded Carifesta XV in Barbados, purchases from vendors across … their value from the US dollar. When I asked Meta … Barbados $1.6 billion and Guyana $1 billion, all in US currency …
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Another forex wake-up call
22 Aug 2025 02:01 GMT
… 2. Reintroduce prepaid US-dollar cards bought transparently from … piloted DCash, a digital currency enabling cross-border payments. … on scarce physical forex?
5. Reward forex earners—MSMEs that … in US-dollar accounts for reinvestment. Barbados already does …
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Sagicor Barbados earnings up
18 Aug 2025 15:44 GMT
… from its insurance business in Barbados.
Sagicor Life conducts life … and revaluation of foreign currency financing facilities,” the company … a recovery in the Canadian dollar.”
The Sagicor boss added: … Life business, which includes Barbados had net income to …
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Ramsamooj: Forex crisis linked to consumption patterns
14 Aug 2025 11:18 GMT
… in US-dollar expenditure and … dollar expenditure and total budget allocations raises questions about forex … , Jamaica, Belize, Barbados, and Mauritius, Pathmanandam … in Barbados and Belize, defending the currency could …
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Many Think 13 Is An Unlucky Number, But The US One Dollar Bill Makes Several References To No. 13, Here's What It Means
08 Aug 2025 05:36 GMT
In photos: US 1 Bill (reverse) - source: US Currency Education Program; Map of 13 original US colonies; source: citizendium.org
In case you already did not know, the US $1 bill is one of the world's most recognizable currencies. But, have you ever …
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Govt sticking with Barbados dollar
05 Feb 2025 21:09 GMT
… the Barbados dollar in favour of using United States (US) currency as … the threat of domestic currency depreciation and associated economic … ], they have their dollar, but that dollar is apparently on par … of shifting from one currency to another, it really …
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PM: Bahamas looking at diversifying currency peg
07 Jul 2025 11:24 GMT
… also consider a digital currency that they all can … a panel discussion, what currency African and Caribbean countries should … the Caribbean, our currency, the Bahamian dollar and a lot of … .
Afreximbank, The Bahamas and Barbados have already had a successful …