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

Volume/Issue: Volume 2003 Issue 087
Publication date: March 2003
ISBN: 9781451811629
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Business and Economics , Law , Banks and Banking , Exports and Imports , Economics- Macroeconomics , Money and Monetary Policy , Public Finance , Business and Financial , ISCR , CR , expenditure measure , government , IMF staff estimate , deficit , debt , debt stock , exchange rate , broad money , private sector , Public sector , Commercial banks , Credit , Caribbean , Global

Summary

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.