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Beneath all the smoke and mirrors of David Burt’s Budget Statement delivered on February 25 lay the stark reality that he was proposing yet another austerity budget. As the Budget details show, Bermuda’s deficit reduction in the coming year will be a...

Dear Sir, What a difference a few weeks makes. One moment Bermudians are preparing to “breathe” a collective sigh of relief with real evidence of the pandemic subsiding, as the Government reveals plans for lifting associated Covid restrictions and ho...

The old adage no battle plan survives the first contact with the enemy could apply equally well to government budgets, never more so than when the Covid-19 pandemic is added to the mix. So Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, deserves some sympat...

Dear Sir, Additional government revenue is sorely needed. The reason for this letter is my concern about the impact of new taxes at a very delicate time. We’ve been reading about a potential new rental tax for 2022. This will increase the cost of doi...

Economists, perhaps conscious of the difficulties of accurate economic forecasting, are reluctant to engage in hyperbole. Even if the sky was falling, they would find a way to explain why it might not happen, or why it might actually be a good thing....

The Inter-Agency Committee for Children and Families welcomes the Government’s 2020 Throne Speech. From early in the speech and throughout, the Government makes a clear commitment to social priorities. In 2014, the IAC conducted a comprehensive Asse...

Open, programmable money is changing the way we understand and use money. It will reform how we interact with each other in ways that will drive new efficiencies and opportunities. It will allow us to enhance the traditional concept of money to chang...

Two years ago, when the Progressive Labour Party won the General Election, we were promised all manner of things — reduced healthcare costs, lower cost of living and greater transparency, among others. We heard the phrase “Promises made, promises kep...

Let’s be honest: few of us would have wanted Curtis Dickinson’s responsibility yesterday. To present your maiden national Budget in these uncertain times, knowing that decisions you make could cause a fragile economy to take a damaging turn for the w...

Let’s be honest: few of us would have wanted Curtis Dickinson’s responsibility yesterday. To present your maiden national Budget in these uncertain times, knowing that decisions you make could cause a fragile economy to take a damaging turn for the w...