Caribbean Region Quarterly Bulletin: Volume 4: Issue 3: October 2015
Peer Reviewed
Date issued
October 2015
Subject
Credit;
Fiscal Policy;
Interest Rate;
Public Debt;
Rating;
Tourism;
Financial Crisis and Structural Adjustement;
Credit Risk;
Fuel Price;
Public Finance;
Extractive Industry;
Public Expenditure;
Financial Market
JEL code
O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth
Country
Guyana;
Jamaica;
Suriname;
Trinidad and Tobago;
Bahamas;
Barbados
Category
Magazines, Journals and Newsletters
The Caribbean Region Quarterly Bulletin discusses recent economic developments in the 6 IDB-member Caribbean countries, as well as the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). The countries are: The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. In the Special Country Reports, we look at credit ratings in the Caribbean. In line with challenging economic developments, credit ratings have been under pressure in several Caribbean countries. Weak fiscal situations, structural current account deficits, and vulnerability to external shocks all have put pressure on the credit ratings.
