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Immigration is an extremely red-hot-button subject that most people will choose not to touch. Recent history records that the subject is so emotive and explosive that the One Bermuda Alliance paid dearly for it at the polls in 2017. The Progressive ...

Buried among the storylines about global trade and political intrigue from the G7 summit last month is perhaps the most noteworthy one of all. Business for Inclusive Growth, or B4IG, a coalition of 34 multinational companies with more than three mill...

Donald Trump is dangerously close to becoming the first Republican president since George H.W. Bush to raise taxes. According to the Tax Foundation, if the tariffs already announced by Trump go into effect, they will amount to a $200 billion annual t...

First-quarter gross domestic product rose 3.7 per cent, after being adjusted for inflation, in the first quarter of this year. It was the fastest growth in quarterly GDP since the third quarter of 2015 and was helped by strong growth in construction ...

The inflation rate fell to 0.3 per cent in May, according to Bermuda Government figures. A 3.6 per cent drop in average property rental prices, for properties not subject to rental control, was a contributing factor. Inflation had been 1 per cent in ...

A blueprint for the funding of major projects to boost job numbers and the economy should be a priority, an economist claimed yesterday. Robert Stubbs said a “chronic weakness” in how major work was funded was a key reason for stunted growth in the B...

The Premier laid down a challenge for the Leader of the Opposition to come up with a plan to boost the economy instead of repeating “slogan after slogan” without substance. David Burt offered Craig Cannonier, the One Bermuda Alliance leader, six week...

The high cost of living has driven people away from Bermuda, an Opposition senator reiterated yesterday. Dwayne Robinson claimed the expense of life on the island had contributed more to the population drain than the threat of gang violence. He added...

Economist Robert Stubbs will give a public presentation on how the island’s economy can be rejuvenated. Wednesday evening’s presentation, entitled “Building an Economic Roadmap to Bermuda’s Future” will detail an economic stimulus programme for Bermu...

The Bermuda Government has issued draft general principle guidance notes to assist members of the business community in understanding how to satisfy the requirements of the island’s economic substance legislation. The notes also provide guidance rega...

There’s nothing that businesses hate more than uncertainty, so the adage goes. But, as experienced businessman Chris Maybury told a business audience this week: “If you don’t feel uncertain, you’re going to go out of business.” Mr Maybury’s provocati...

The Senate recently ratified the Economic Substance Amendment Act of 2019 after passing unanimously in the House of Assembly. Within our democracy, it is advantageous that legislation being considered that impacts the economic health of our country ...