Suriname: 2018 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Suriname
December 20, 2018
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Suriname is recovering from the deep recession of 2015-16. Growth has turned positive, inflation has reduced to single digits, real interest rates have turned positive, and the external position has on balance strengthened. Nonetheless, the economy remains heavily dependent on the mineral sector, and faces fiscal, monetary, and banking sector vulnerabilities.
Subject: Banking, Exchange rates, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Foreign exchange, Monetary base, Money, Public debt
Keywords: Asia and Pacific, Caribbean, CR, Europe, Exchange rates, financial asset, Fiscal stance, GDP, government mining revenue, holding, IMF staff calculation, ISCR, Monetary base, monetary policy, monetary policy operation, Suriname, Suriname's economy, underdeveloped monetary policy framework
Pages:
77
Volume:
2018
DOI:
Issue:
376
Series:
Country Report No. 2018/376
Stock No:
1SUREA2018002
ISBN:
9781484391723
ISSN:
1934-7685
