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(Bloomberg) — The US labour market stumbled in May as employers added the fewest workers in a year and the unemployment rate rose, dealing a blow to President Barack Obama’s re-election bid and raising the odds the Federal Reserve will take steps to ...
DATE: Jun 04, 2012
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Economy
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Retail sales increased year on year for the second consecutive month in March, raising hopes that a four-year slump in the sector may finally be bottoming out.
Total retail sales in March 2012 rose 1.9 percent, according to the Retail Sales Index, as...
DATE: May 22, 2012
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Economy
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Inflation hit 2.8 percent in March, driven by healthcare, food and fuel costs.
This number is up from February’s inflation rate of 2.4 percent.
According to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, the health and personal care sector continued to be t...
DATE: May 17, 2012
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Economy
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The inflation rate was back above three percent in January, pushed up by healthcare, food and fuel costs.
The Consumer Price Index measured inflation at three percent in January a rise of 0.1 percent on the previous month.
According to the CPI report...
DATE: Mar 08, 2012
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Economy
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Bermuda’s Emerging Professionals (BEPRO) is kicking off their first seminar of the year next week with an overview of Bermuda’s economy.
Guest speaker, Lamar Caines, financial analyst from Bank of Butterfield, will be leading the session entitled “Th...
DATE: Jan 27, 2012
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Economy
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Bermuda’s domestic money supply shrank by $60 million (1.5 percent) in the three months from July to September last year.
According to statistics released from the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA), Bermuda’s dollar money supply the amount of cash in ...
DATE: Jan 26, 2012
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Economy
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Mailboxes Unlimited president Steve Thomson yesterday criticised the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce’s Retail Division over its call for a standardised 25 percent rate of duty on personal goods imported to the Island.
Mr. Thomson said he was upset he was...
DATE: Jan 24, 2012
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Economy
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The value of goods imported into Bermuda fell for the sixth straight quarter.
This as the Island’s balance of payments current account surplus shrank by 3.5 percent in the third quarter of 2011.
A total of $242 million was spent on imported goods in ...
DATE: Jan 20, 2012
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Economy
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Hotel jobs increased by 84 positions and industry revenue jumped almost 20 percent in the third quarter of 2011.
According to the Quarterly Bulletin of Statistics, distributed by the Department of Statistics, revenue for the hotel industry in Bermuda...
DATE: Jan 06, 2012
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Economy
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The employment market could be even tougher in 2012 as the recession continues to bite and Bermuda needs to be every bit as aggressive as its rivals to boost business and the wider economy.
That is according to Keith Jensen, president of the Bermuda ...
DATE: Jan 04, 2012
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Economy
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