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The Bahamas government reference data

7 series, each cited to the official source it was verified against. Currency BSD.

SeriesCurrentIn force fromOfficial sourceLast verified
Central Bank of The Bahamas Discount Rate (Bank Rate) 4 percent 2016-12-22 Central Bank of The Bahamas — Monthly Economic and Financial Developme 2026-07-23
VAT standard rate 10 percent 2022-01-01 Value Added Tax Act (Ch. 370A), section 6(1)(c) — 'a standard rate of 2026-07-23
National minimum wage (weekly) 260 BSD per week 2023-01-01 Bahamas National Statistical Institute — Labour Market Information New 2026-07-23
Public holidays (free) 23 days held 2026-01-01 Cabinet Office, Government of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas — offici 2026-07-30
CPI inflation (year-on-year) 3.1 percent (YoY) 2026-03-01 Bahamas National Statistical Institute — Consumer Price Index (CPI) Pr 2026-07-23
Corporate income tax rate structured — see the API — Ministry of Finance, Government of The Bahamas — 'Green Paper on Corpo 2026-07-23
Personal income tax brackets structured — see the API — Ministry of Finance, Government of The Bahamas — 'Green Paper on Corpo 2026-07-23

Use it from code

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# Any series ($0.001 per call, x402 on Base — no key, no signup)
curl https://usaref.dev/v1/bs/policy-rate

# Provenance: the fingerprint of every source cited above
curl https://usaref.dev/provenance/bs/policy-rate

What makes this different

Every value above names the official instrument it came from and the date it takes effect, and we record when we last checked it. Where a value could not be verified against its own statute we do not publish an estimate — the series is simply absent. Where a question falls outside what we hold, the API refuses and explains, free of charge, rather than returning a number that looks right.