IMF Staff Country Reports

Trinidad and Tobago: 2008 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Trinidad and Tobago

Publication Date:

March 3, 2009

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

The staff report for the 2008 Article IV Consultation of Trinidad and Tobago highlights economic developments and policies. Faced with a prospective decline in energy resources, the government has embarked on an ambitious development and diversification strategy. External vulnerability is low as a result of large international reserves and low debt ratios, and the banking sector has entered the period of global turmoil from a position of strength and with little reliance on external borrowing.

Series:

Country Report No. 2009/078

Subject:

Energy prices Expenditure External debt Inflation Prices Public debt Public sector