Economic outlook: St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ economic recovery from the global economic crisis has been curbed by a series of significant natural disasters, while rehabilitation and reconstruction costs have pushed current account and fiscal deficits higher. After an estimated 1.1 percent...

This paper describes economic developments in St. Vincent and the Grenadines during the 1990s. Between 1990 and 1995, real GDP growth (at factor costs) averaged 4 percent per year, but varied widely from year to year, largely reflecting developments in the banana industry, St. Vincent’s...

This report analyzes economic developments in St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the first half of the 1990s. Real GDP increased at an average annual rate of 5 percent in 1988–93, reflecting sustained growth in most sectors except for agriculture and manufacturing, which showed some volatility....

This 1999 Article IV Consultation highlights that during 1990–98, St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ real annual GDP growth and inflation averaged 4 percent and 3 percent, respectively. Tourism’s importance to the economy grew, and agriculture’s fell, with other sectors’ contributions...

KEY ISSUES Background: Activity is slowly recovering after a cumulative decline of about 5 percent during 2008-10. Expansionary fiscal policies-largely to counteract the impact of the global slowdown and the two successive natural disasters-led to a deterioration in fiscal balances, with public...