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Public Information Notice: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2010 Article IV Consultation with Antigua and Barbuda
- By S Coward
- Published 19-Jul-10
- International Monetary Fund , Financial Crisis/ Recession
- Unrated
Washington -- July 19, 2010 -- Antigua and Barbuda’s economy is experiencing its worst recession in decades.
Cayman Islands: Three US Tourism Offices Closed to Save Cash
- By S Coward
- Published 17-Jun-10
- Financial Crisis/ Recession , Travel/Tourism
- Unrated
June 17, 2010 -- The Department of Tourism has said it has saved over $1 million by
closing three regional offices in the United States. In what it
describes as a restructuring of its US operations designed to “increase
the efficiency and effectiveness” of the Cayman Islands tourism
investment in the US market, the offices in Miami, Houston and Chicago
will be closed and 12 staff made redundant.
IMF: Latin America and the Caribbean Are Recovering at a Robust Pace
- By S Coward
- Published 21-Apr-10
- Financial Crisis/ Recession
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Washington -- April 21, 2010 -- Having weathered the global downturn comparatively well, the LAC region is posting a strong recovery. More balanced than in most other areas, output growth in the region is supported by both external and domestic demand. Recovery in the LAC region has been shaped by a number of factors.
IMF Executive Board Approves US$13.3 Million Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility for Grenada
- By S Coward
- Published 03-Apr-10
- International Monetary Fund , Financial Crisis/ Recession
- Unrated
April 3, 2010 -- The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today approved Grenada’s request for a new three-year arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF),1 totaling SDR 8.775 million (about US$13.3 million).
Cayman Islands: Remarks by the Premier, Honourable McKeeva Bush, on Meetings with the FCO
- By S Coward
- Published 16-Mar-10
- Financial Crisis/ Recession
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Georgetown, Cayman Islands -- March 16, 2010 -- Last year the Cayman Islands Government,
in agreement with the United Kingdom, commissioned an independent study
to determine the feasibility of implementing revenue sources for the
Government. This study also entailed examining the Government
expenditures as well as its debt sustainability.
Jamaica: IMF Executive Board Approves US$1.27 Billion Stand-By Arrangement with Jamaica
- By S Coward
- Published 05-Feb-10
- Financial Crisis/ Recession , International Monetary Fund
- Unrated
Kingston -- Feb. 5, 2010 -- The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Feb.4 approved a 27-month Stand-By Arrangement with Jamaica in the amount of SDR 820.5 million (about US$1.27 billion) to support the country’s economic reforms and help it cope with the consequences of the global downturn. A disbursement of SDR 414.3 million (about US$ 640 million) will become available to Jamaica immediately.
Bermuda: Forty percent of hotel and guest house rooms were empty in 200810
- By S Coward
- Published 02-Jan-10
- Financial Crisis/ Recession
- Unrated
Road Town - Jan. 2, 2010 -- A compendium of Government statistics has revealed more than a third of hotel rooms and guest houses lay empty in 2008.
IMF Staff and Jamaica Reach Broad Agreement on the Key Elements of US$1.3 Billion Loan
- By S Coward
- Published 17-Dec-09
- International Monetary Fund , Financial Crisis/ Recession
- Unrated
Kingston -- Dec. 17, 2009 -- The Jamaican authorities and an IMF staff mission have reached agreement on the key elements of a program that the IMF would support with a loan under a Stand-By Arrangement (SBA).
European Commission Approves € 230 million to Help 13 African and 2 Caribbean Countries Deal With Fallout of Recession
- By S Coward
- Published 15-Dec-09
- Associations , Financial Crisis/ Recession
- Unrated
Dec. 15, 2009 -- The European Commission approved the first financing decisions in favour of eleven African and two Caribbean countries for a total of € 230 million, including € 215 million under the so-called Vulnerability FLEX mechanism (V-FLEX).
Governor Alistair Harrison's Speech To The Anguilla Financial Services Industry
- By S Coward
- Published 21-Nov-09
- Banking/ Finance , Financial Crisis/ Recession
- Unrated
Nov. 21, 2009 -- The issues for Anguilla are easy to summarise - the
massive downturn in our tourist industry, and other consequences of the
recession; the much greater attention paid to so-called "tax havens" by the G20...the game has changed, is still
changing, and will change still further.

Financial Crisis/ Recession