Caribbean Region Quarterly Bulletin: Volume 2: Issue 2: June 2013
Date issued
Jul 2013
Subject
Financial Service;
Integration and Trade;
Fiscal Policy
Country
Bahamas;
Barbados;
Guyana;
Jamaica;
Suriname;
Trinidad and Tobago
Category
Magazines, Journals and Newsletters
The Caribbean Region Quarterly Bulletin provides economic conjunctural and structural information about this particular region. This issue highlights the high debt ratios and fiscal concerns that continue to push for more structural fiscal reforms in Jamaica and Barbados. Meanwhile, Guyana and Suriname will widen their fiscal deficit as a result of increasing public investment. There are some indicators of slow growth recovery in The Bahamas and Trinidad and Tobago.