Aia ʻo Bahamas i waena o nā lāhui Karipiano i loaʻa i ka hōʻemi kiʻekiʻe loa o ka hiki ʻana mai o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i ka makahiki 2009, ua hōʻoia ʻia kahi hōʻike hou International Monetary Fund (IMF), e ʻōlelo ana ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻihoʻi ʻia ka ʻoihana a me ka hoʻokele waiwai Bahamian ma mua o 2011.
ʻO ka IMF, i kāna loiloi ʻana i ka manaʻo mākaʻikaʻi no ka Caribbean, i kapa ʻia ʻo A less crowded Caribbean i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana?, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia no ka makahiki a hiki i Mei, ua emi iho ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i Bahamas ma 14.1 pākēneka, hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka piʻi ʻana he 3.4 pākēneka no ka. ʻO Jamaica a hāʻule i ka 2.4 pākēneka a me 9.4 pākēneka no ka Dominican Republic a me St Lucia.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā Bahamas, ma ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana, ʻo Barbados a me Antigua & Barbuda, nona ka hōʻea ʻana i nā mākaʻikaʻi i Iulai 2009 i emi iho ma 10.7 pākēneka a me 12.8 pākēneka.
ʻO nā lāhui Karipiano wale nō i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā Bahamas ʻo St Vincent & the Grenadines a me St Kitts a me Nevis, ua hoʻemi ʻia e 17.4 pākēneka a me 27 pākēneka no ka makahiki a Iune 2009.
A ʻo ka loiloi IMF ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e ʻike paha nā ʻāina e hilinaʻi nei i nā mākaʻikaʻi e like me Bahamas i kahi hoʻohaʻahaʻa lōʻihi i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā lāhui ʻē aʻe, no ka mea, ʻo ka hilinaʻi o ka mea kūʻai aku a me nā pae hana ma nā ʻāina i hoʻomohala ʻia, kahi i hilinaʻi ai lākou, ma hope o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i nā huahana.
Me nā helu hana ʻole o ʻAmelika i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e hoʻokomo i nā helu pālua no ka manawa mua i 60 mau makahiki, a wānana e noho ma ia ʻāina a hiki i ka hapaha ʻehā o 2010, me he mea lā he kūpono ke manaʻo ʻaʻole e hoʻomaka ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka hoʻokele waiwai ma Bahamas a hiki i ka waena waena o 2011. – ke kau hooilo o ka makahiki 2011 a i ole ka hapaha mua paha.
"E mau ana ka hopena o ka pilikia kālā ma ka Caribbean i ka makahiki 2010 no ka mea e hilinaʻi ana ka mākaʻikaʻi i nā kūlana hana ma nā ʻoihana holomua, ʻo ia ka mea maʻamau i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i nā huahana," wahi a ka IMF.
"I ka 2001 recession, no ka laʻana, ka emi ʻana o ka hiki ʻana mai o nā mākaʻikaʻi i Mexico a me ka Caribbean ma hope o ka piʻi ʻana o ka helu hana ʻole ʻaʻole i hoʻomaikaʻi a hiki i 2003, ʻoiai ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana i ka makahiki 2002."
ʻO ka manaʻo no ka mākaʻikaʻi Bahamian, ua ʻōlelo ka IMF, hiki ke hoʻopilikia hou ʻia e ka piʻi ʻana o ka wehe ʻana o ʻAmelika iā Cuba a me ka "hoʻōla hou i Mexico".
Ua kuhikuhi ʻia ʻo ka neʻe ʻana o ka US e hāpai i nā palena huakaʻi i nā kamaʻāina me ka ʻohana ma Cuba ua hoʻonui i ko lākou hōʻea ʻana i ka ʻāina mokupuni ma 11 pākēneka, a ʻo ka hōʻea ʻana mai he 6 pākēneka.
"ʻOiai ka liʻiliʻi o ka hopena i ka Caribbean o kēia hoʻololi, ʻoi aku ka wehe ʻana o ka huakaʻi US i Cuba e hoʻonui nui i ka hoʻokūkū kūloko," i ʻōlelo ai ka IMF.
A ʻoiai ua pōmaikaʻi ʻo Karipiano ma muli o ka hoʻemi ʻia ʻana o ka huakaʻi huakaʻi i Mexico ma waena o ka maʻi puaʻa a me nā hopohopo palekana, "inā e hoʻōla koke ʻo Mexico i ka makahiki 2010, e hoʻoikaika hou kēia i ka Caribbean".
