Central Bank of Barbados Tom Adams Financial Centre, Spry Street, Bridgetown P.O. Box 1016 Telephone: (246) 436-6870 : Fax. (246) 436-7836 E-Mail Address: info@centralbank.org.bb Website: www.centralbank.org.bb  Remarks delivered by Mr. Cleviston Haynes, Governor (Ag), Central Bank of Barbados at the Sagicor Cave Hill School of Business and Management Conference on Risk Management and Competitive Intelligence.
Certain exogenous factors, such as the moderation in emerging market economies growth rates, weaker external demand and lower commodity prices have certainly contributed to the more pedestrian growth outcomes. The unprecedented extent of unconventional monetary policy adopted by the advanced economies and the subsequent commencement by the US on the path towards monetary policy normalisation has led to significant spill-over effects.