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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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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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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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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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Economy
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Bermuda’s current account surplus grew to $145 million in the first quarter, reflecting a positive balance in the Island’s transactions with the rest of the world.
However, the Balance of Payments statistics released by Government yesterday indicate ...
DATE: Aug 31, 2012
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Economy
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(Bloomberg) — The cost of living in the US was little changed in July for a second month, showing companies lack pricing power.
The unexpected reading in the consumer-price index capped a 1.4 percent gain over the past 12 months, the smallest year-to...
DATE: Aug 16, 2012
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Economy
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Retail sales fell in April dashing hopes that four-year slump in the sector may finally be bottoming out. The numbers paint a gloomy picture for the clothing retailers, as sales revenue for apparel stores declined for the third time in four months, f...
DATE: Jun 22, 2012
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Economy
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Tourists year-round, a bustling Hamilton waterfront filled with designer boutiques, highly marketed eco tours and water sports adventures, a major new conference centre, a nautical tourism niche with full-service marinas —- and all of this anchored b...
DATE: Jun 22, 2012
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Economy
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Inflation slipped in April from the previous month, but consumers are still paying 2.5 percent more for goods over last year.
April’s inflation rate is 0.3 percent less than March.
According to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, the health and pe...
DATE: Jun 14, 2012
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Economy
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MADRID (Reuters) — Spain, the latest combat zone in Europe's long-running debt wars, urged the euro zone to set up a new fiscal authority to manage the bloc's finances and send a clear signal to markets that the single currency project is irreversibl...
DATE: Jun 04, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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