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								<title>Antigua made “excellent progress” restoring debt sustainability - IMF</title>
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								<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 10:51:00 -0400</pubDate>
								<description>An IMF mission headed by Geoffrey Bannister indicated the first quarter results put the economy “on a good footing” to achieve the annual fiscal targets for 2013.</description>
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								<title>Caribbean economic integration workshop to be hosted in Dominica</title>
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								<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 10:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
								<description>The workshop is being attended by delegates from Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, St. Kitts, St. Lucia and the host country and is also intended to simplify and harmonize trade procedures.</description>
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								<title>US vice president scheduled to visit Trinidad to meet CARICOM leaders</title>
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								<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 09:41:00 -0400</pubDate>
								<description>Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Dookeran was quoted as saying the visit is aimed at improving relations and cooperation with Trinidad and Tobago and Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders.</description>
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								<title>Caribbean economies expected to grow according to IMF</title>
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								<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 11:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
								<description>In its Regional Economic Outlook for the Western Hemisphere, the IMF said that the Latin America and the Caribbean countries would experience growth from three per cent in 2012 to 3.5 per cent this year.</description>
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								<title>Lowering debt, establishing durable growth critical to Jamaica&#039;s recovery - IMF</title>
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								<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 12:05:00 -0400</pubDate>
								<description>The IMF Mission chief said the Portia Simpson Miller led administration is making an effort to address the challenges of low growth, high debt and diminishing competitiveness. </description>
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								<title>Psychometric testing an affordable way to assess Caribbean creditworthiness</title>
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								<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 11:12:00 -0400</pubDate>
								<description>Developed by Harvard’s Entrepreneurial Finance Lab Research Initiative, the IDB said psychometric testing for credit assessment is automated, costs little, and has already been implemented by financial institutions in 11 countries.</description>
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								<title>The Bahamas tops Caribbean list for wealthy US visitors</title>
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								<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 11:08:00 -0400</pubDate>
								<description>The survey sought to understand the plans of affluent Americans in the areas of travel, recreation and the purchase of vacation homes.</description>
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								<title>Fears escalate among Caribbean resort investors</title>
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								<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 11:02:00 -0400</pubDate>
								<description>Several investors are facing the possibility of losing their own homes in the cash-strapped Harlequin Property debacle.</description>
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								<title>Jamaica opposition leader describes budget as &quot;uninspiring&quot;</title>
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								<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 10:34:00 -0400</pubDate>
								<description>Holness described the Prime Minister’s presentation, in which she announced a number of initiatives, including rewarding public sector workers with incentives through the National Housing Trust (NHT), as “uninspiring”.</description>
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								<title>Jamaica to receive US$932 million loan from IMF</title>
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								<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 10:28:00 -0400</pubDate>
								<description>The IMF said the approval enables an initial disbursement by the Washington-based financial institution of US$207.2 million.</description>
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