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“A View From The Trenches: The Trinidad Economy As Reflected In Visa Applicants”

28-Aug-11

The below is a fascinating Wikileaks cable from 2008, sent by the US embassy in POS to the secretary of state in DC and outlining the average economic and educational status of applicants for US visas. I’ve added any bold. SUBJECT: A VIEW FROM THE TRENCHES: THE TRINIDAD ECONOMY AS REFLECTED IN VISA APPLICANTS REF: [...]

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“Jamaica may already have passed the point of no return”

17-Sep-09

Just one month after rating agency Standard & Poor’s released a downbeat assessment of the outlook for Jamaica comes an equally – if not more – negative take from Barclays Capital Research. The research note issued today by a New York-based BarCap analyst is unequivocal: we believe that Jamaica is approaching the point of no [...]

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Some good-ish macroeconomic news for T&T

14-Sep-09

My day job has kept me so busy I haven’t yet had time to read beyond the headlines of the latest budget, but it seems that whatever Karen Nunez-Tesheira put together pleased Standard & Poor’s. Although the devil, as ever, is in the details. The rating agency issued the following statement on Monday (any emphasis [...]

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