IMF Staff Country Reports

Eastern Caribbean Currency Union: Staff Report Following Discussions with Regional Institutions

March 28, 2003

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International Monetary Fund. "Eastern Caribbean Currency Union: Staff Report Following Discussions with Regional Institutions", IMF Staff Country Reports 2003, 087 (2003), accessed April 20, 2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451811629.002

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This paper reviews the IMF’s discussions with Eastern Caribbean Currency Union’s (ECCU) regional institutions. Discussions focused on the outlook for 2003 and the policy responses needed to arrest the fiscal deterioration and to achieve consolidation over the medium term. Although the short-term outlook for growth appears weak given the external climate, the region can look toward benefits from deeper regional and global integration over the medium term. The IMF staff has also emphasized that structural reforms are needed to improve efficiency, in advance of new trade arrangements.

Subject: Banking, Commercial banks, Credit, Economic sectors, Financial institutions, Labor, Money, Public debt, Public sector

Keywords: Broad money, Caribbean, Commercial banks, CR, Credit, Debt, Debt stock, Deficit, Exchange rate, Expenditure measure, Global, Government, IMF staff estimate, ISCR, Private sector, Public sector

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