CBB 2013 Review 25 01 2017

Central Bank alters its website – Dates Missing and Youtube Videos removed

Central Bank alters its website – Dates Missing and Youtube Videos removed

CBB 2013 Review 25 01 2017

Less than a week after removing archives, the Central Bank of Barbados has now decided to discontinue one of its major segments…

Their most recent Economic Review was presented Tuesday 24th which listed Foreign Reserves at only 10 weeks, and in financial circles it is said the IMF says if reserves go below 12 weeks then a country may have to look at devaluation of its currency…

(CLICK FOR BIGGER) The last visit paid to the Central Bank’s website lists Economic Reviews as now being ‘Discontinued;’ Bajan Reporter kept screenshots for verification.

Records jumped from 19th July 2016 to 9th July 2013 on last Tuesday when we referred to Finance Minister Chris Sinckler in October 2014 as saying how both CIBC and the IDB praised the Central Bank’s website as a useful reference point.

Yet when it was visited in the wee hours of Jan. 31st, it listed only the last report from Tuesday 24th and now jumps to April 2013.

(CLICK FOR BIGGER) While the records go as far back as 2002, now there are no YouTube videos accompanying reports only Adobe document files for each chronological stage.
The website lists no reason for the cessation of the Economic Review segment, which is considered by many as the most crucial area of the Central Bank’s operations.

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