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Media Release : The IMF Praises Trinidad and Tobago’s Policy Response to Covid-19 and Encourages T&T to Shift its Policy Attention Only When Recovery is in Place

The IMF noted that Trinidad and Tobago faced “unprecedented challenges in 2020-21. The combined effects of COVID-19, energy production cuts, and price shocks pushed the economy further into recession”. In the face of such challenges, the IMF concluded that “The authorities’ decisive policy response helped contain COVID-19’s spread, protectlives and livelihoods, and paved the way…

International Monetary Fund (IMF): Ambitious Reforms needed for Growth to Return to Caribbean

A high level Forum to discuss the challenges of low growth and high debt facing the Caribbean was jointly organized by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) on September 4-5 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The meeting was co-hosted by the Government of Trinidad and Tobag Documents International…