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Sky high consumer prices have USVI on edge

CHRISTIANSTED — The US Virgin Islands' Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures a basket of goods and services, rose 9.8 percent annually in 2022, compared to 8.6 percent in 2021. The…

John McCarthy July 6, 2024

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COVID-19 Dropped A Bomb On The Tourism Economy … Worse Than Irma And Maria

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — What kind of a bomb has COVID-19 dropped on the tourism economy? Worse than two hurricanes in 2017. That's the finding of the U.S. Virgin Islands chief…

VI Free Press December 7, 2020