This article reflects an interested citizen’s attempt to understand what happened in the economy in 2017 based on the information provided in the 2018 Budget Statement and Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure. Part 1 looks at the following: – GDP Growth; Construction; Private Education, Tourism and Agriculture Sectors; Unemployment and External Account.
Part 2 of Grenada’s Economy in 2017 takes a look at fiscal performance over the period 2013 – 2017.
The fiscal account reflects the situation re the country’s revenue and expenditure – recurrent and capital – loans and debt, servicing, both interest and principal repayments.
Part 3 of Spotlight on the Public Debt takes a look at the following:- total external debt and external debt service in comparison with total public debt and total debt service; external creditors; commercial bonds – the amounts making up the commercial bonds and the evolution of these debts vis-a-vis restructuring; selected external creditors
