Tag: Virgin Islands Bureau of Economic Research

Spring Revenue Estimating Conference Shows Positive Outlook; USVI’s GDP Outperforms Those of Mainland, Other Territories

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Governor Albert Bryan on Friday attended the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) 2022 Spring Revenue Estimating Conference, which is mandated by law to be held twice a year for the Government of the Virgin Islands’ (GVI) revenue-generating agencies to report their financial forecasts. According to presentations from 21 revenue-generating GVI agencies, […]

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 economist, who said the coronavirus has hit tourism worse than Hurricanes Irma and Maria combined. Donnie Dorsett, a senior economist with the Bureau of Economic […]