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  "title": "Barbados and the IMF",
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  "summary": "Patrick Blagrave most recently spent three years as the Macroeconomics Advisor at the IMF’s Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Center (CARTAC), working with countries throughout the region building capacity to conduct macroeconomic analysis and forecasting.",
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          "text": "2nd Floor Tom Adams Financial Centre, Central Bank of Barbados"
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        {
          "text": "Spry Street, Bridgetown"
        },
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          "text": "Email: WHDRR-BRB@imf.org",
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        },
        {
          "text": "Tel: +1 (246) 537-2873"
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      "heading": "At a Glance",
      "lines": [
        {
          "text": "2026 Projected Real GDP (% Change) : 2.5"
        },
        {
          "text": "2026 Projected Consumer Prices (% Change): 2.3"
        },
        {
          "text": "Country Population: 0.292 million"
        },
        {
          "text": "Date of Membership: December 29, 1970"
        },
        {
          "text": "Article IV/Country Report: December 20, 2023",
          "href": "https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2023/12/20/barbados-2023-article-iv-consultation-and-second-reviews-under-the-arrangement-under-the-542666",
          "linkText": "Article IV/Country Report",
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        {
          "text": "Outstanding Purchases and Loans (SDR): 259.46 million (March 31, 2026)"
        },
        {
          "text": "Special Drawing Rights (SDR): 7.04 million"
        },
        {
          "text": "Quota (SDR): 94.5 million"
        },
        {
          "text": "Number of Arrangements since membership: 4"
        }
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      "heading": "See All Documents",
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  "bullets": [
    "The last Article IV Executive Board Consultation was on December 18, 2023.",
    "Topics and items related to Barbados include:",
    "Resident Representative for Barbados: Patrick Blagrave",
    "Local Economist: Laron Alleyne",
    "Office Manager: Amy Carrington",
    "Office Driver: Willie Parris",
    "IMF Office in Barbados provides resident engagement, technical assistance, and local economic analysis through the Resident Representative Office (RRO).",
    "Resident Representative Office staff support IMF interactions with Barbadian authorities on fiscal, real, and monetary-sector issues and contribute to regional capacity building via CARTAC linkages.",
    "[See All Documents](https://www.imf.org/en/countries/brb#whatsnew)"
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