2020 Annual Economic and Financial Review

2020 Annual Economic and Financial Review

MONTSERRAT

travel restrictions to Montserrat and further destabilise the domestic economy. Delays in the disbursement of grant flows could severely impact the realisation of key capital projects, negatively impacting the pace of recovery. Further, the perennial threat of the active volcano and other natural disasters remain areas of concern for the domestic economy.

 These investments, coupled with stronger projected visitor arrivals, are expected to have a discernible multiplier effect on the rest of the economy. Consequently, labour market conditions will likely improve in 2021.  Some important downside risks include the potential introduction of new and more contagious variants of SAR-Cov2 virus, which could trigger

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