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BNSI - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX – APRIL 2023
BNSI - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX – APRIL 2023
The Bahamas National Statistical Institute is pleased to announce the release of its ConsumerPrice index, April 2023.
Inflation rate surpasses October 2022 peak
Inflation rate surpasses October 2022 peak
In its latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, the Bahamas National Statistical Institute (BNSI) revealed that in April 2023, the inflation rate in the country surpassed what it was in the October 2022, when the CPI peaked at 120.07. The inflation rate increased by 0.6 percent in April 2023, when compared to March 2023, driving the ...
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US VP announces $100M for region
US VP announces $100M for region
During an historic meeting in The Bahamas yesterday, US Vice President Kamala Harris, the highest ranking US official to visit The Bahamas since President John F. Kennedy in 1962, announced more than $100 million in assistance for the Caribbean region.
The relationship between dental health and overall health
The mouth is the gateway to your overall health.
New Graycliff storefront opens at port
New Graycliff storefront opens at port
The opening of the new Nassau Cruise Port has given Graycliff the opportunity to put all of its offerings under one roof for tourists to enjoy, General Manager of The World of Graycliff Clement McIntosh told Guardian Business Friday. The new Graycliff storefront opened with the port Friday and includes not only the brand's chocolates, wines and cigars, ...
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Govt spending widens deficit to 290.5M through January
Despite the economy maintaining a "mild growth trajectory" during February 2015, The Central Bank of The Bahamas (CBOB) reported yesterday that the overall fiscal deficit for the first seven months of FY2014/15 widened by almost $49 million to $290.5 million on account of higher spending...
Memorandum of Understanding on Agricultural Cooperation Signed Between the Bahamas Ministry of Agriculture and the Chinese Embassy
The Ministry of Agriculture, Marine Resources and Family Island Affairs signed an agreement with The Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Hunan Province (China) to initiate agricultural cooperation in ceremonies at the Ministry on Friday, May 19, 2023.
Exports see nine percent drop in Q4 2022
Exports see nine percent drop in Q4 2022
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Total exports from The Bahamas saw a nine percent decline in the fourth quarter of last year, while imports increased by 16 percent according to the latest quarterly trade data report. According to The Bahamas National Statistical Institute's Foreign trade Quarterly Report for Q4 of 2022, the value of commodities exported (domestic [...]
Congressmen want review of guntrafficking from US to Caribbean
Three United States (US) congressmen have asked the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a review into the illegal trafficking of firearms from the US to the Caribbean. Congressmen Joaquin Castro, Richard Durbin and Gregory Meeks said they have seen "high levels of gun violence and trafficking of illicit firearms across the Western Hemisphere". ...
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A grim national health prognosis
A grim national health prognosis
Although we knew the collective health of the nation was poor as evidenced in having one of the worst rates of chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in the world, we can now see the scope of the latest data - and it is frightening. The 2019 survey cycle of STEPS in The Bahamas was carried out ...
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