10-Sep-2019
Yesterday, the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago opened its “Then and Now”, Central Bank Through the Years exhibition.
Read More29-Aug-2019
Treasury Bills are Government-guaranteed investment instruments that are available to individuals and institutions. The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago issues 3-month, 6-month and 1-year treasury bills. With the last 1-year auction yielding a rate of return of approximately 2.80%, these can help you achieve your savings and investment goals.
Read More26-Aug-2019
The backdrop in which the Central Bank operated in FY2017/18 was relatively stable but challenging. Nevertheless, the Central Bank significantly progressed most of its strategic initiatives.
Read More26-Aug-2019
The backdrop in which the Central Bank operated in FY2017/18 was relatively stable but challenging. Internationally, while the economic situation in the United States strengthened, growth in several other advanced and emerging economies slowed. On the domestic front, there was also evidence of a nascent recovery from the economic contraction of the previous two years. The Bank’s monetary policy had to finely balance external considerations regarding interest differentials with the need for continued support for a domestic recovery.
Read More23-Aug-2019
Mitchell (2019) explores the elements that may impact the profitability in the Trinidad and Tobago Banking sector and finds that risk mitigation is an important element in exploring bank profitability, moreover, both innovation and regulation must be harmonised to have a positive impact on bank profitability.
Read More23-Aug-2019
The list of authorised foreign exchange dealers in Trinidad and Tobago as at July 31st, 2019.
Read More14-Aug-2019
As work continues on designing and implementing the Public-Private Partnership Model for Trinidad and Tobago, Smith (2019) finds that utilising PPPs in infrastructure can provide the much needed economic stimulus through investment, employment and efficiency gains, once implemented and monitored well.
Read More14-Aug-2019
As several economies have modified direct monetary policies to safeguard financial stability Melville and Persad (2019) explore how reserve requirements could enhance Trinidad and Tobago’s macroprudential framework and find that the primary reserve requirement ratio effectively curbs unsustainable credit growth.
Read More28-Jun-2019
Global economic growth has continued to lose momentum since the last Monetary Policy Report (MPR) in November 2018. According to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) April 2019 World Economic Outlook (WEO), global growth in the latter half of 2018 continued to be impacted by trade tensions, lower consumer spending and business investment, tighter financial market conditions, and weak commodity prices.
Read More28-Jun-2019
There is evidence of an energy-led recovery in domestic economic activity in 2018.
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