By: J.C. BHAGWANDIN, M.Sc. Agricultural, rural development and industrialisation: Guyana is regarded as a country with vast agricultural potential. In fact, it is often said that Guyana is,…
Opinions
Will there be need for capital controls?
By: J.C. BHAGWANDIN, M.Sc. In previous writings, this author presented several articles focused on the balance-of-payments’ position over a period of time, central bank net foreign assets, and…
IS GUYANA, DESTINED FOR WEAK GOVERNMENT?—PART 11
BY DONALD RAMOTAR The idea of changing the electoral system to PR arose for the first time after the victory of the PPP in the 1957 General Elections.…
Addressing the distorted reality (Part 2) …countering the Lucas delusions
By: JC BHAGWANDIN, MSc Today’s article continues from last week’s edition, and in this article, the author presents the analysis of other key macroeconomic soundness indicators in a…
Macroeconomic stability outlook 2020-2023 (part 2)
By: JC BHAGWANDIN, MSc In the previous week’s article, it was contended that the Bank of Guyana (BoG) net foreign assets will continue to deplete to stabilise the international…
Guyana’s macroeconomic stability framework continues to be weakened
By: JC BHAGWANDIN, MSc In continuing the analysis from last week’s column, it was shown that of the total investment portfolios of these three institutions, more than 80%…
ELECTIONS IN THE UK
BY: RALPH RAMKARRAN With the Conservative Party polling at 42 percent and the Labour Party at 32 percent, the results on December 12 appear to be a likely…
Macroeconomic stability outlook 2020-2023: in light of the emerging oil and gas industry
By: JC BHAGWANDIN, MSc There are many debates and optimistic analyses in the public domain by both international analysts and local commentators and analysts alike – as to…
IS GUYANA, DESTINED FOR WEAK GOVERNMENT?—PART 1
By: DONALD RAMOTAR Political parties are mushrooming in Guyana these days. We have far more political parties than any other country in the Caribbean and one of the…
Comparative analysis of real GDP
By: JC BHAGWANDIN, MSc Today’s article focuses on a comparative analysis of the composition of real GDP for the period 2011-2014 and 2015-2018. The table below shows real…