Unemployment

According to the IMF, Guyana’s economy remains resilient in the face of global economic tensions, and is on track for 47.2% growth by year-end. This is only a slight variation from the 47.9% projected by the World Bank, which is also…
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Oil prices plunged $10 a barrel on Friday, their largest one-day drop since April 2020, as a new variant of the coronavirus, Omicron, spooked investors and added to concerns that a supply surplus could swell in the first quarter. Oil…
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COVID-19 has resulted in the closure of 420 businesses in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), leading to a loss of 2,754 jobs across all sectors between March and December 2020. According to Finance Minister Camillo Gonsalves, “there…
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has directed that all travel be avoided to nine CARICOM countries which are deemed to be Level 4 – COVID-19 Very High - destinations. The countries named are Barbados, The…
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Please see the latest edition of the CARICOM Business newsletter which comprises information culled from news entities in the Caribbean and beyond and includes a Foreign Exchange Summary, a Stock Exchange Summary and International Oil…
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