St. Lucia: 2024 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for St. Lucia

International Monetary Fund

No 2025/065, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: Healthy tourist arrivals and an expansionary fiscal stance have supported the economy and helped reduce unemployment, while inflation is declining rapidly on the back of lower commodity prices. The financial sector is broadly healthy, but credit growth has been sluggish, except in the rapidly expanding credit union sector.

Keywords: authorities of St. Lucia; CARTAC country; donor government; debt target; RBS implementation credit unions; medium term debt management strategy; Credit; Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT); Global; Caribbean (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 74
Date: 2025-03-13
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