## Eastern Caribbean Currency Union: Selected Issues

_IMF Staff Country Reports, March 6, 2007_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: March 6, 2007
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451811704.002

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### Income dispersion and comovement
- The paper analyzes income dispersion and comovement in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union region.
- Finding: incomes are diverging, with the Leeward Islands converging to a higher income level than the Windward Islands.

### Macroeconomic impact of trade preference erosion
- The paper examines the macroeconomic impact of trade preference erosion on the Windward Islands.
- Finding: preference erosion has a substantial impact on growth, trade balances, and fiscal positions.

### Informal economy analysis
- The paper analyzes the size of the informal economy in the Caribbean.

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- **Eastern Caribbean Currency Union: Selected Issues; IMF Country Report 07/97; December 21, 2006**
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