Grenada: 2022 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Grenada

May 10, 2022

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Grenada: 2022 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Grenada, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2022) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

Grenada’s economy was hit hard by the pandemic, with a decline in real output of 14 percent in 2020 from both a collapse of tourism-related activities and the suspension of in-person classes at Saint George’s University (SGU). Growth in 2021 is estimated to have partly recovered to 5.6 percent, driven by construction and agriculture. The authorities’ policy response helped mitigate the pandemic’s impact through containment measures, increased health and social spending, and an expanded public investment program (including to build resilience to natural disasters). Central government debt rose to 70 percent of GDP in 2021 (from 59 percent in 2019) and the external position has worsened. The financial sector has so far weathered the crisis well.

Subject: COVID-19, Credit bureaus, Economic and financial statistics, External debt, External sector statistics, Financial markets, Health, International organization, Monetary policy, Public debt

Keywords: Caribbean, Central government debt, COVID-19, Credit bureaus, External sector statistics, Global, Grenadian authorities, IIP data, Policy discussion, Vaccination campaign

Publication Details

Pages:

91
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2022/134
Stock No:

1GRDEA2022002
ISBN:

9798400209857
ISSN:

1934-7685

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