**G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors** The G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ will meet in Chengdu on July 23-24. Click [here](http://www.imf.org/external/np/g20/pdf/2016/072116.pdf) for an Executive Summary of the … Read More
World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update
**Uncertainty in the Aftermath of the U.K. Referendum** The IMF has released the July 2016 update to the World Economic Outlook. Highlights: * Before the June 23 vote in the … Read More
Tax Design for Inclusive Economic Growth
A new OECD report says Governments should use tax systems to drive an inclusive growth agenda – one that seeks to boost growth while sharing the benefits more evenly within … Read More
Education for a Modern Bahamas
Today, the Hon. Jerome Kennedy Fitzgerald M.P., Minister of Education, Science and Technology, commended the “Bill To Establish the University of The Bahamas” to the Bahamas Parliament for its second … Read More
37th Regular Meeting – CARICOM Heads of Government
The review of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Single Market Economy (CSME), free movement of labour, security and the budding relationship between Chile and the regional body were among the top … Read More
The Bahamas Promoted at International Forum
Minister of Financial Services the Hon. C.V. Hope Strachan, M.P., led a delegation from the Ministry to the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Global Congress June 30 to … Read More
The Bahamas Government Responds to Moody’s Sovereign Rating Review Notice
Moody’s Investor Services recently placed The Bahamas’ current rating on review for downgrade. The Government immediately responded, noting its confidence that this review will reveal that medium term economic prospects … Read More
New Inclusive Framework to Tackle Base Erosion and Profit Shifting
Representatives of more than 80 countries and jurisdictions have gathered in Kyoto, Japan (June 30 – July 1) to push forward ongoing efforts to update international tax rules for the … Read More
Second Bahamian Insurance Professional Achieves ACI Designation
Yolanda G. Moss, an Account Executive at J.S. Johnson & Co., is the second local insurance sector practitioner to qualify for the Associates in Captive Insurance (ACI) designation. She already … Read More
Supporting Innovation and Entrepreneurship through the Modernization of Government Services
Sen. The Hon. Allyson Maynard-Gibson, QC, Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs says modernizing government services is essential, especially if The Bahamas is to tap into the potential of young … Read More