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General News

02 Jul
2013
Monthly Economic and Financial Developments, May 2013

Preliminary indicators suggest that domestic economic conditions were relatively subdued over the review month, reflecting the ongoing softness in the key tourism sector, alongside stable gains in foreign investment-led...

06 Jun
2013
Monthly Economic and Financial Developments, April 2013

Domestic economic conditions were relatively subdued during the month of April, reflecting signs of softness in the tourism sector, although with stable support from foreign investment-led construction activity. Domestic...

04 May
2013
Monthly Economic and Financial Developments, March 2013

Indications are that domestic economic conditions were somewhat flat during the review month, as softness in tourism output occurred, alongside stable foreign investment-led construction activity. In other real sector de...

20 Mar
2013
Monthly Economic and Financial Developments, February 2013

Preliminary indicators suggest that domestic economic conditions remained relatively subdued over the review month, amid sustained foreign investment-led construction activity, although some signs of softness were eviden...

08 Mar
2013
Monthly Economic and Financial Developments, January 2013

Indications are that the domestic economy continued its mild pace of growth during January, as foreign investment and, to a lesser extent public sector projects, supported construction activity, while tourism output appe...

07 Feb
2013
Monthly Economic and Financial Developments, December 2012

Indications are that the domestic economy maintained its mildly positive growth pace during the review month, supported by stable foreign investment-led construction activity, amid some softness in tourism output. Inflat...

21 Dec
2012
Monthly Economic and Financial Developments, November 2012

Available indicators of domestic economic activity continue to suggest a modest growth momentum, concentrated in tourism and construction-related foreign investment projects. With limited spillover benefits to other area...

13 Dec
2012
Monthly Economic and Financial Developments, October 2012

Domestic economic activity continued to benefit from mildly positive developments in the tourism and construction sectors; however, the narrow base limited improvements in general employment conditions and the debt profi...

09 Nov
2012
Monthly Economic and Financial Developments, September 2012

Preliminary data suggests a continuation of the economy's mildly positive growth momentum during September, supported largely by tourism sector output, alongside foreign investment and public sector related construction...

05 Oct
2012
Monthly Economic and Financial Developments, August 2012

Domestic economic conditions continued to be shaped by developments in tourism, foreign investment-led construction activity and public sector infrastructure works, although the momentum and depth of the recovery remaine...

10 Sep
2012
Monthly Economic and Financial Developments, July 2012

Indications are that the domestic economy continued to experience positive, although mild, growth in July, featuring steady gains in tourism sector output and foreign investment and public sector related construction act...

03 Aug
2012
Monthly Economic and Financial Developments, June 2012

Preliminary indications are that the domestic economy maintained a mild growth momentum during the review month, supported by gains in tourism sector output, alongside ongoing public sector and foreign investment-led con...

01 Jul
2012
Monthly Economic and Financial Developments, May 2012

The Bahamian economy maintained a mild growth momentum in May, supported by ongoing gains in the tourism sector and foreign investment-led growth in construction output. Reflective of the pass-through effects of the rece...

07 Jun
2012
Monthly Economic and Financial Developments, April 2012

Indications are that the domestic economy maintained its modest positive trajectory over the month of April. Tourism sector output strengthened, amid increased hotel earnings, while foreign investment and public sector i...

08 May
2012
WARNING NOTICE, May 08, 2012

The Central Bank of The Bahamas issues warnings about dealing with named persons, whether these are individuals or companies, to alert the public and the financial services sector, that where such persons offer banking o...