By: Staff Writer March 17, 2026 Hurricane Melissa’s damage in October, 2025 cost Jamaica $12 billion in damages, or nearly two thirds of the country’s GDP. Wayne Henry, Director General…
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The LAC could lower trade costs through deeper integration
By: Staff Writer March 17, 2026 A former Jamaican finance minister said at the Inter-American Development Bank Annual Group meetings held on Paraguay last week that deeper integration for the…
CEDA Chief: Caribbean lacks scale for regional integration
By: Staff Writer March 13, 2026 The Caribbean Export Development Agency’s top official said on an Inter-American Development Bank Annual Group meeting panel on Thursday that the challenge with regional…
IDB: LAC growth projected at 2.1% for 2026
By: Staff Writer March 6, 2026 The Inter-American Development Bank said in a recent report that growth in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is projected at 2.1 percent for…
CDB Economist said inflation fell regionwide in 2025
By: Staff Writer March 6, 2026 The Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) director of economics said at the bank’s annual media event held this past Tuesday that inflation in the region…
Fitch Upgrades Aruba to ‘BBB’; Outlook Positive
March 6, 2026 FitchRatings has upgraded Aruba’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency and Local-Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) to ‘BBB’ from ‘BBB-‘, and the Short-Term Foreign-Currency and Local-Currency IDRs to ‘F2’ from ‘F3’.…
ECLAC reports inflation decline in 2025 in LAC
By: Staff WriterMarch 3, 2026 The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) said in their latest Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean…
Belize: Technical Assistance Report-Implementation of Prudential Oversight for Securities Firms
March 3, 2026 Following a request to the Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Centre (CARTAC), a mission was held from July 7 to 10, 2025, in Belmopan and Belize City to…
Is The Caribbean Emerging As A Global Wealth And Investment Platform?
February 27, 2026 For decades, the Caribbean has been defined in global imagination by tourism – sun, sea, and sand. But new economic data and shifting investment patterns suggest a…
Latin America Sovereign Outlooks Mostly Stable, Outlooks Skew Positive
February 24, 2026 Latin American sovereign upgrades could exceed downgrades again in 2026 given the balance of rating Outlooks, Fitch Ratings says in a new report. Five sovereigns are on…
Farmers in Jamaica to Benefit from Matching Grant Scheme with Support from CDB
February 20, 2026 Farmers in Jamaica will soon gain improved access to financing through a recently launched Matching Grant Scheme (MGS) by the Government of Jamaica in partnership with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB…
IDMAPS: A Jamaican Startup Scaling Digital Trust Through the EU-LAC Digital Accelerator Programme
February 17, 2026 In 2025, Jamaican technology startup Innovative Data Mining & Advanced Analytics Partners (IDMAPS) was selected as a beneficiary of the EU-LAC Digital Accelerator, a flagship programme funded…