TY  - GEN
AU  - Mercer-Blackman, Valerie
AU  - Graham, Monique
AU  - Saboin, José Luis
AU  - Mazzocca, Angelo
AU  - Ortiz de Mendívil, Cloe
AU  - Mitchell, Travis Klaus
AU  - Hussain, Lisa
AU  - Gauto, Victor
AU  - Ivey, Wendel Garfield
AU  - Castilleja Vargas, Liliana
AU  - Okey, Onoh-Obasi
AU  - Satnarine-Singh, Nirvana
TI  - Caribbean Economics Quarterly: Volume 15, Issue 2: How are External Forces Impacting Growth, Trade, and Investment in the Caribbean?
PY  - 2025
Y1  - 2025/12/23
DO  - 10.18235/0013882
AB  - This edition of the Caribbean Economics Quarterly reviews global and U.S. policy shifts, commodity market trends, and their impact on six Caribbean economies: The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. Despite global volatility and U.S. trade policy changes, the region has shown resilience, with growth driven by tourism in The Bahamas and Barbados, oil production in Guyana, and stable non-energy sectors in Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. U.S. tariffs affected less than 5% of Caribbean exports, but indirectly there could be other effects through the channels of weakening U.S. labor markets, cautious investment, inflationary pressures, and supply-chain disruptions. Commodity prices are expected to decline, easing import costs but moderating Guyana's oil boom. Hurricane Melissa caused severe damage in Jamaica, weighing on regional growth. Opportunities lie in tourism diversification, renewable energy, technology-driven investment, and continued oil expansion in Guyana and Suriname, supported by geographic trade diversification.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.18235/0013882
ER  -