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Dear Sir, I note in your Royal Gazette website poll that the economy is the most important issue for the country. The “economy” issue today is mostly about addressing the national debt and creating jobs. Let’s discuss creating jobs. Capitalism and o...

An independent assessment has been commissioned to explore the economic impact to the island in the wake of the 35th America’s Cup. PricewaterhouseCoopers has been hired by the ACBDA to conduct a study for completion by October, according to Grant Gi...

Bermuda’s hosting of the 35th America’s Cup and an upswing in tourism to the island have been highlighted by The Times newspaper in Britain. In an article titled “Tourism leads economic surge”, journalist Phil Thornton reported on Standard and Poor’s...

Bermuda is to continue work on strengthening and enhancing its reputation as a well-regulated offshore jurisdiction. The Financial Policy Council, a group that advises the Ministry of Finance and the Bermuda Monetary Authority on financial system sta...

Following the recent release of weaker than expected economic data, Anchor has revised our final 2016 Bermuda gross domestic product forecast from 1.8 per cent to 0.8 per cent and our estimated 2017 forecast from 3 per cent to 2 per cent. We continue...

The Progressive Labour Party has expressed its “deep concern” that Bermuda has slipped back into “recession”. Gross domestic product fell 2.4 per cent after inflation in the fourth quarter of last year, compared to the same period in 2015, following ...

Bermuda’s economy slipped back into recession — at least by one widely used definition — in the last quarter of last year, according to figures released by the Department of Statistics yesterday. In the fourth quarter of 2016, gross domestic product ...

Bermuda’s economy slipped back into recession — at least by one widely used definition — in the last quarter of last year, according to figures released by the Department of Statistics today. In the fourth quarter of 2016, gross domestic product fell...

Income from employment dropped by a total of $1.7 million in the final quarter of last year, according to the latest Government statistics. International business, hit by lower bonuses and fewer stock options awarded, recorded the biggest decline, a ...

Introducing a living wage in Bermuda could be a vital step in addressing economic disparity, according to presentations made to a Parliamentary Joint Select Committee. At a public meeting at St Paul’s Centennial Church Hall on Thursday, a series of s...

The upcoming America’s Cup has sparked a boom at Bermuda’s docks — but turnaround times have slowed as containers and other goods pile up on the wharf. Warren Jones, chief executive officer of Stevedoring Services’ parent company Polaris Holding, sai...

I do not normally think of bad news as good news, but the report in The Royal Gazette last week that Bermuda was running out of cement is one instance where that crossed my mind. Contractor demand for cement had literally emptied the Dockyard silos, ...