Economy

After strong export growth in the early months of 2012, Barbados saw weak year-on-year (y-o-y) export growth of 3.7% in August, largely in line with our expectations. During the same... 2013-01-08

Jamaican consumer price inflation came in at 7.2% year-on-year (y-o-y) in October, a slight uptick from the previous month's reading of 6.7%. Moreover, we estimate inflation continued... 2013-01-08

In line with our expectations, the Central Bank of Trinidad & Tobago kept its policy rate on hold at the historically-low level of 2.75% in its December meeting. This followed... 2013-01-07

Consumer price inflation in Guyana picked up modestly in Q312 to reach 2.3% year-on-year (y-o-y) on the back of rising food prices, up from just 1.9% y-o-y the previous quarter. Following... 2013-01-07

Consumer price inflation in the Dominican Republic ticked up to 3.4% year-on-year (y-o-y) in October from 2.8% y-o-y in September. We forecast inflation to increase to 4.5% y-o-y by... 2012-12-19

Consumer price inflation in Puerto Rico ticked up to 1.7% year-on-year (y-o-y) in October from 0.9% y-o-y in September, above our expectations. We are therefore revising up our end-2012... 2012-12-19

Following the release of weak Q212 growth data, we have downgraded our 2012 real GDP growth forecast for Trinidad & Tobago to 0.5% (from 1.0% previously). That said, we maintain... 2012-11-28

Turks and Caicos' first successful election since the UK implemented an interim government in 2009 represents an important milestone, returning the overseas territory to autonomous... 2012-11-21

We believe that Dominica's tourism sector will remain a regional underperformer, which will significantly cap real GDP growth over the coming years. As reflected in our low tourism... 2012-11-20

After posting declines between March and June, Guyana's foreign reserves have ticked up in recent months to reach US$777.2mn in August. This indicates a relative improvement in the... 2012-10-29