The
boom/bust cycle
Understanding
what happens next
From
its peak position in May 2005, the T&T Stock Market
has declined by 18 per cent. This decline has been
exacerbated by a 12.5 per cent decline year-to-date.
Heading into the last week of April with one third
of the year gone there are still no signs of a market
recovery—at least one that can be sustained on
a long-term basis...
The
stock market question
Can
I lose all my money?
I
always hear people talking about how Trinis are very
passionate people who never like to be outdone...
that we were the type to overreact to anything and
sensationalise everything...
Supply-side
strategies to manage inflation
Over
the recent past inflation has become a major source
of concern in T&T. In 2005, the inflation rate
in T&T was approximately seven per cent. This
represents the highest inflation rate since the 8.8
per cent recorded in 1994 when the economy was still
adjusting to the floating of the exchange rate a year
earlier...
A
forum for frankness about Caribbean development...
With
an agenda that includes security during the 2007 Word
Cup Cricket series and the impact of international
developments on Caribbean development, an important
conference between the British foreign secretary and
foreign ministers of Caribbean Community and Common
Market (Caricom) countries takes place in Barbados
from April 27 to 28...
Branding
a nation
In
a previous article, I explained the importance of
branding a country, and illustrated with examples
how some countries have reaped the benefits of branding.
This article explores how the four Ps of corporate
marketing—product, price, place and promotions—can
be applied to nation branding...
Managing
economic crisis...A cautionary Mexican tale
Dr
Agustín Carstens, deputy managing director
of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and feature
speaker at the second biennial International Conference
on Business, Banking and Finance in May, is no stranger
to crisis or controversy...
Welcome
aggregate…goodbye price controls
The
chamber heartily welcomes the announcement by the
Minister of Energy and Energy based industries, Dr
Lenny Saith, that the Government will issue five new
quarryin licences to private sector companies in the
construction sector within the next six months in
an attempt to reduce the current shortage of aggregate...
The
coming oil crisis
How
many of you are old enough to have been working in
1973? If so, you would’ve had the kind of economic
experience I did at that time. But if you were in
school or missed the period of the oil crisis, get
ready because those times could return with a vengeance...
