Trinidad and Tobago: 2008 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Trinidad and Tobago

March 3, 2009

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Trinidad and Tobago: 2008 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Trinidad and Tobago, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2009) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

The staff report for the 2008 Article IV Consultation of Trinidad and Tobago highlights economic developments and policies. Faced with a prospective decline in energy resources, the government has embarked on an ambitious development and diversification strategy. External vulnerability is low as a result of large international reserves and low debt ratios, and the banking sector has entered the period of global turmoil from a position of strength and with little reliance on external borrowing.

Subject: Energy prices, Expenditure, External debt, Inflation, Prices, Public debt, Public sector

Keywords: Authority, Balance of payments datum, Caribbean, Cash flow, Core inflation, CR, Development objective, Economy, Energy prices, Financial asset, Global, Inflation, ISCR, Price pressure, Trinidad and Tobago economy

Publication Details

Pages:

57
Volume:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2009/078
Stock No:

1TTOEA2009001
ISBN:

9781451837711
ISSN:

1934-7685

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