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Caribbean & Central America - July 2017 (ISSN 1741-4458)
EASTERN CARIBBEAN: IMF makes case for fiscal rules
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been looking at the performance of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) and the need for continuing fiscal discipline. It makes a case for adopting fiscal rules such as are already in place in Jamaica and Grenada. The members of the ECCU are Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, and St Vincent & the Grenadines.
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