Barbados: Financial System Stability Assessment
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Summary:
This report evaluates the stability of the financial system in Barbados. The findings reveal that Barbados has a relatively well developed financial system, including a large offshore sector. The onshore system is dominated by large, regionally active banks. Banking services to the population are also provided by the credit union sector. The system also includes a mature but concentrated insurance sector with extensive international affiliates, and other nonbank financial institutions provide credit and other instruments for savers. With a deteriorating fiscal situation and weak growth prospects, Barbados faces considerable macroeconomic vulnerabilities. Sovereign risk is a concern, given a large public debt, high fiscal deficits, and slow growth, and policy options are limited by a fixed exchange rate regime.
Series:
Country Report No. 2014/053
Subject:
Banking Central bank bills Central banks Commercial banks Credit unions Financial institutions Insurance Insurance companies
English
Publication Date:
February 12, 2014
ISBN/ISSN:
9781484300404/1934-7685
Stock No:
1BRBEA2014002
Pages:
64
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