Hubert EdwardsJan 38 minBAHAMAS TAXATION REGIME - REVISITED (PART II)The Bahamas taxation regime is in need of reform. In Part I we looked at recent discussions around the taxation regime. Recently there...
Hubert EdwardsNov 22, 20218 minREFORMING THE BAHAMAS FOR A MORE SECURED FUTUREThe Bahamas is currently in the midst of a very debilitating but somewhat improving economic and health crisis. This is after suffering...
Hubert EdwardsOct 23, 20219 minTHE ESSENTIALS: THE SPEECH FROM THE THRONEThe economic recovery process for The Bahamas must be urgent, broad based, strategic and focused on multiple plains at the same time....
Hubert EdwardsOct 11, 202119 minTHE ESSENTIALS: OF DEBT RESTRUCTURE, THE IMF AND MARLA DUKHARANINTRODUCTION The things that frighten us the most tend to maintain a constant presence in our consciousness and can cause great...
Hubert EdwardsSep 23, 20216 min DOWNGRADE ON DAY ONEThe pendulum has swung the other way. The people of The Bahamas have spoken and there are some important lessons to learn, and thinking...
Hubert EdwardsSep 22, 202134 minTHE BAHAMAS - THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND BEYONDThe world started to pay close attention to the COVID-19 sometime around the beginning of 2020, as it ravaged the Wuhan Province of...
Hubert EdwardsSep 15, 202126 minTIME TO CONFRONT THE BRUTAL FACTSHubert Edwards INTRODUCTION The world has changed, continues to change in sometimes subtle, and in instances, dramatic ways because of...
Hubert EdwardsJul 26, 202131 minA MATTER OF LIFE OR DEBTWritten By: Hubert Edwards THE CRISIS WILL END There is every expectation that the current economic state of The Bahamas, which was...
Hubert EdwardsJun 13, 202132 minBUDGETING TO FACE FUTURE CHALLENGESINTRODUCTION For a number of years I have had the privilege of commenting publicly (radio, television and in print) on the national...
Hubert EdwardsMay 23, 202123 minA ROUGH FISCAL YEAR BUT WHAT'S NEXT?Hubert Edwards May 17, 2021 INTRODUCTION The gestation period for a human is nine months. In the life of a mother, this can seems like...
Hubert EdwardsApr 19, 202120 minWHY THE MINIMUM IS NEVER ENOUGHHubert Edwards Published in The Tribune - http://www.tribune242.com/news/2021/apr/15/why-minimum-never-enough/ THE MINIMUM WAGE DEBATE...
Hubert EdwardsMar 29, 202123 minTHE TAXING PATH AHEADBACKGROUND – LANDSCAPE OF OPPORTUNITIES BACKGROUND – LANDSCAPE OF OPPORTUNITIES COVID-19 has radically changed the fortunes of countries...
Hubert EdwardsJul 29, 202032 minTHE PATH TO ECONOMIC RESILIENCE – A CASE FOR GROWTHBACKGROUND – THE SEARCH FOR RESILIENCE Reporting on the same presentation by the Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Minister of Finance...
Hubert EdwardsJul 29, 202018 minCOVID-19 – Of Lockdowns, Downgrades and Cost of StimulusTHE STATE OF AFFAIRS COVID -19 has wiped out a significant portion of the income of the Caribbean region putting it at risk and the world...
Hubert EdwardsJul 29, 202026 minCOVID-19 – The Great Economic Rebuilding 2020 and BeyondTHE STRATEGIC THRUST The Bahamas economy must be rebuilt following this prevailing global financial crisis. We deliberately avoid using...
Hubert EdwardsJul 29, 202023 minCOVID-19 – Will the Early Models Hold and the Implications for Policy ResponseNote: As we finalized this document, the minister of finance for The Bahamas announced enhancements to its “phase one” initiatives,...
Hubert EdwardsJul 29, 20209 minCOVID-19 – BARING OUR VULNERABILITIES, CREATING A MOMENT OF OPPORTUNITIES?Regardless of what the results are when this is all over, the one thing, which is clear, is that in modern history no other event has...