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The price of a basket of groceries has risen by two percent in the last year, according to the latest statistics.
The inflation rate has risen from the 1.7 percent increase in good and services prices recorded in February, and will dent recent claims...
DATE: Apr 29, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Nearly half the Island’s residents have thought about leaving Bermuda due to the economic climate.
Adults aged 18 to 34 are the likeliest age bracket to consider leaving the Island for fairer shores: 62 percent said yes, according to a survey commiss...
DATE: Apr 23, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
“The largest increase came in the health and personal care sector and remained the largest contributor to the 12-month rate of price increases at 7.7 percent.”
The report added: “The food sector along with the transport and vehicles sectors also impa...
DATE: Apr 02, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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Planning a barbecue? Expect to pay more with leading price increases in grocery stores reported for soft drinks at 11.4 percent, frozen spare ribs at 8.9 percent and mayonnaise at 5.4 percent. These were some of the food price changes in grocery stor...
DATE: Feb 28, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Former Premier Alex Scott has warned that Budget cuts should not hit the most vulnerable people in Bermuda.
And he said savings could be made through more efficient Government — rather than through large-scale job losses or privatisation.
He added th...
DATE: Feb 20, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The annual rate of inflation remained at 1.9 percent in December, unchanged from November, with the increase in health and personal care costs the biggest driver of the increase in the cost of living.
Year over year, the health and personal care sect...
DATE: Feb 05, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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An increase in health and personal care costs helped to push the inflation rate up to 1.9 percent in November.
This marked an increase of 0.2 percentage points from October’s 1.7 percent rate, according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures relea...
DATE: Jan 21, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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Bermuda suffered a third successive year of recession in 2011, according to data released yesterday by Government.
Figures published by the Department of Statistics show that gross domestic product — the value of goods and services produced in Bermud...
DATE: Oct 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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Getting Bermudians back to work should be this country’s “main priority”, a trade unionist told a forum last night.
Jason Hayward, 1st Vice President of the Bermuda Public Services Union said the Island’s unemployment figures are “extremely concernin...
DATE: Oct 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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A Government programme designed to assist young people get the skills needed to hold down a full-time job was unveiled at a public meeting.
The move comes only days after the release of a survey of the Island’s labour force, which found that 36 perce...
DATE: Oct 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Economy
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