26 August 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.
23 August 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.
23 August 2019
The list of authorised foreign exchange dealers in Trinidad and Tobago as at July 31st, 2019.
14 August 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.
14 August 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.
28 June 2019
International economic prospects appear less optimistic since the last meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in March 2019
28 June 2019
There is evidence of an energy-led recovery in domestic economic activity in 2018.
28 June 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.
10 June 2019
The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago hereby advises that it currently holds unclaimed monies for interest and maturity payments on a number of government issued securities including government bonds, treasury bills and notes. The names of all the persons with outstanding claims can be accessed by clicking on read more below. The public can obtain further information pertaining to the collection of outstanding funds by contacting the Central Bank, Government Services Unit at 621 2288 or 235 2288 extension numbers 2149, 2060 or 2517.
7 June 2019
Governor Alvin Hilaire presented on the Financial Sector Resolution: Lessons from Trinidad and Tobago’s Experiences at the 3rd Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten Central Banking Conference.