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24 Mar
2011
WARNING NOTICE, March 22, 2011

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...

11 Mar
2011
Monthly Economic and Financial Developments, January 2011

Aided by the sustained, although uneven, improvement in the global economy, the domestic market continued on its recovery path, with moderate gains in the tourism sector and stable construction activity. In the absence o...

02 Feb
2011
Monthly Economic and Financial Developments, December 2010

Domestic economic conditions maintained a stable path during the month of December, amid the slow recovery in the global economy, which supported modest improvement in the main tourism sector. However, output in the cons...

25 Jan
2011
WARNING NOTICE, January 25, 2011

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...

22 Dec
2010
Monthly Economic and Financial Developments, November 2010

The domestic economy maintained a stable path during the review period, amid modest improvement in tourism activity and relatively subdued construction sector investments and private sector demand. Monetary developments...

07 Dec
2010
Monthly Economic and Financial Developments, October 2010

Amid the fragile and uneven pace of recovery in the global economy, domestic economic activity continued to stabilise over the review month. Tourism output improved modestly, reflecting gains in the key stopover segment...

08 Nov
2010
Monthly Economic and Financial Developments, September 2010

Preliminary data suggests a continuation of generally subdued economic conditions, with tourism performance, which is normally weak during September, registering some improvement in comparison to the year earlier period....

06 Oct
2010
Monthly Economic and Financial Developments, August 2010

Against the backdrop of a fragile recovery in the global economy, domestic economic activity remained sluggish during the month of August. Tourism output showed a modest upturn, supported by a rebound in the high value-a...

31 Aug
2010
Monthly Economic and Financial Developments, July 2010

Domestic economic activity remained relatively subdued over the review month, as continued signs of stabilisation in tourism activity--although still significantly below pre-crisis levels”occurred alongside broad-based w...

24 Aug
2010
WARNING NOTICE, August 24, 2010

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...

09 Aug
2010
Monthly Economic and Financial Developments, June 2010

Preliminary indicators suggest ongoing weakness in economic output, although conditions have stabilized since the onset of the recent economic crisis, in the context of the global recovery. Aided by promotional activitie...

30 Jul
2010
Notice of Revisions to the Draft Payment Systems Act, 2010, Payment Systems (Oversight) Regulations, 2010 and the Payment Systems (National Payments Committee) Byelaws, 2010

In November 2009, the Central Bank of The Bahamas issued for public consultation three pieces of proposed legislation: the draft Payment Systems Act,Payment Systems (Oversight) Regulations and the Payment Systems (Nation...

02 Jul
2010
Monthly Economic and Financial Developments, May 2010

Preliminary evidence suggests that the domestic market continued to stabilise in May, aided by the ongoing, though still fragile, recovery in the global economy. Tourism output showed an improving trend, buoyed by gains...

07 Jun
2010
Monthly Economic and Financial Developments, April 2010

Against the backdrop of signs of a slowdown in the pace of the global recovery, domestic economic activity continued to stabilize over the review month. Partial tourism performance data suggest an improvement in output;...

25 May
2010
WARNING NOTICE: May 25, 2010

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...