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One Bermuda Alliance Leader Craig Cannonier urged Government to call the election as he poured scorn on the ruling party’s claim that the economy is recovering.
Meanwhile, the United Bermuda Party joined the official Opposition in a chorus of dismay ...
DATE: Oct 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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A Government programme designed to assist young people get the skills needed to hold down a full-time job was unveiled at a public meeting.
The move comes only days after the release of a survey of the Island’s labour force, which found that 36 perce...
DATE: Oct 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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Ten thousand residents — or more than a quarter of the Bermuda workforce — are either unemployed or underemployed.
That is the stark finding of a survey published by the Department of Statistics yesterday, which reveals more about the impact of busin...
DATE: Oct 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
The Chamber of Commerce (COC) says urgent action is needed to grow Bermuda’s working population after a spate of established retailers called it quits amid the Island’s struggling economy.
All Wrapped Up, Carole Holding, Foreign Cargo, Wheel’s Cycles...
DATE: Oct 15, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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Andrew Brimmer, a US economist and prominent advisor to the Bermuda Government, has died at the age of 86.
Dr Brimmer is widely recognised as the first black American to serve as a governor of the US Federal Reserve System.
In Bermuda, he is best kno...
DATE: Oct 11, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The cancellation of the 2012 Career Fair was a major disappointment but not a surprise according to Bermuda Employer’s Council President Keith Jensen.
Responding yesterday to the news that the annual fair would be cancelled due to a lack of funding, ...
DATE: Oct 10, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The annual rate of inflation shot up more than three percent in August as consumers paid more for their healthcare and overseas travel.
Hotel rooms overseas cost 14.6 percent more in August and airfares rose 4.4 percent.
The monthly report from Gover...
DATE: Oct 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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Falling employment income dealt the economy a $100 million blow in the year ending June 30.
The decline in wages and salaries reflects job losses and the weakness of the economy, and is revealed in the latest quarterly data from the Department of Sta...
DATE: Oct 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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Car dealers and other retailers said data showing a surge in sales in July is by no means an indication that the industry is turning a corner in the Island’s economic crisis.
“The market hasn’t bottomed out yet,” said Jonathan Brewin, president and C...
DATE: Sep 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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While Bermuda’s banks remain in good shape financially, they have sharply increased provisions for bad debt as a result of Bermuda’s “poor economic fundamentals”, the Bermuda Monetary Authority said yesterday.
The Authority’s Banking Digest for the s...
DATE: Sep 11, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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