Barbados has comparative advantages in tourism and related services, international business and financial services, and branded export products such as rum, and it has a potential comparative advantage in green energy. Overall, the economy can grow only as fast as the growth of foreign exchange to finance the additional imports needed by the growing economy.
At the end of 2003 total funds raised stood at approximately € billion. The Bank of Italy protects savings and savers through the stability of intermediaries. It promotes the efficiency and competitiveness of the credit system and thereby favours the allocation of the funds raised for the growth of production and the formation of new savings.