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

Grenada: 2024 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Grenada
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Volume/Issue: Volume 2025 Issue 039
Publication date: February 2025
ISBN: 9798400299544
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Exports and Imports , Finance , Public Finance , Business and Economics - Statistics , Natural Disasters , infrastructure investment facility , IIP source data , TA mission , CBI revenue , tourism infrastructure , CBI program , Natural disasters , Caribbean , Global

Summary

Through end-June 2024, Grenada’s economy was experiencing sustained strong growth supported by buoyant tourism, moderating inflation, and a narrowing current account deficit. A surge in Citizenship-by-Investment (CBI) revenue supported a strong improvement in budget balances, a build-up of government deposits, and a reduction in public debt. On July 1, Hurricane Beryl caused damage in excess of 16 percent of GDP on the Grenadian islands of Carriacou and Petite Martinique, as well as in the northern parishes of the main island, affecting around 15 percent of the population. In response, the authorities triggered the suspension of fiscal rules to permit temporary deficit spending in support of the recovery and reconstruction.