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

March 13, 2025

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International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept. "St. Lucia: 2024 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for St. Lucia", IMF Staff Country Reports 2025, 065 (2025), accessed March 31, 2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229004060.002

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Summary

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.

Subject: Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), Credit, Crime, Money, Public debt, Revenue administration

Keywords: Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), Authorities of St. Lucia, Caribbean, CARTAC country, Credit, Debt target, Donor government, Global, Medium term debt management strategy, RBS implementation credit unions

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