Economic Survey of the Caribbean 2019

Alleyne, Dillon
Hendrickson, Michael
McLean, Sheldon
Oyolola, Maharouf
Pantin, Machel
Skerrette, Nyasha
Tokuda, Hidenobu

2020-01-09

LC/CAR/TS.2019/5
LC/TS.2019/116

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Abstract .-- I. Global and subregional performance .-- II. Fiscal and debt performance .-- III. Monetary Policy .-- IV. External sector developments .-- V. Conclusions .-- VI. Country notes.

This survey examines the economic performance of economies of the Caribbean in 2018 and comprises six chapters. The first chapter gives an overview of global, regional and subregional economic performance as well as unemployment in the Caribbean. The second provides an analysis of governments in the subregion’s fiscal performance and debt burden. The third looks at monetary policy and variables. The fourth is focused external sector and its factors. The fifth chapter concludes, while the final chapter includes individual country briefs that give an overview of the economic situation for the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and a subregional assessment of the countries of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union.

CONDICIONES ECONOMICAS; CRECIMIENTO ECONOMICO; PROYECCIONES ECONOMICAS; DESEMPLEO; POLITICA FISCAL; DEUDA PUBLICA; POLITICA MONETARIA; CREDITO; INFLACION; TURISMO; INVERSION EXTRANJERA DIRECTA; SERVICIOS FINANCIEROS; MACROECONOMIA; INDICADORES ECONOMICOS; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC PROJECTIONS; UNEMPLOYMENT; FISCAL POLICY; PUBLIC DEBT; MONETARY POLICY; CREDIT; INFLATION; TOURISM; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; FINANCIAL SERVICES; MACROECONOMICS; ECONOMIC INDICATORS;