In contrast to largely self-reliant countries like the US, countercyclical government spending in small open economies like Barbados is of limited use, and may have lethal consequences. BIS Review 153/2009  1  In the US each extra dollar of income earned occasions no more than 23 cents of spending on imports.
Given the state of uncertainty about the recovery, market participants have to base their expectations, and their trading decisions, on projected economic fundamentals rather than trying to read between the lines of policy announcements.