Topic:
Preliminary overview of the economies of the Caribbean 2022–2023
Author:
Author:
Alleyne, Dillon -
Hendrickson, Michael -
McLean, Sheldon -
Pantin, Machel -
Physical Description: 27 pages.
Publisher: ECLAC
UN Symbol (Signatura): LC/CAR/TS.2024/4
Date:
March 18, 2024
Description
Abstract:
This overview examines the economic performance of economies of the Caribbean in 2022 and comprises four chapters. The first chapter provides a comparative analysis across Caribbean economies of the main macroeconomic variables, namely GDP growth, monetary indicators, as well as fiscal and external accounts. The second chapter concludes, while the annex includes individual country briefs that give an overview of the economic situation for the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and a subregional assessment of the countries of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union.