2020 Annual Economic and Financial Review

2020 Annual Economic and Financial Review

STATISTICAL TABLES

Table 41 Saint Lucia - Monetary Survey (EC$M at end of period)

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Net Foreign Assets

162.16

325.05

594.69

833.74

951.10

1,070.52 2,423.51

Claims On Non-Residents

2,044.98

2,154.25

2,359.47

2,634.74

2,750.09

Central Bank

805.46

780.82

852.88

742.53

683.32

732.28

Other Depository Corporations (Commercial Banks)

1,239.68 1,882.82

1,373.43 1,829.20

1,529.12 1,764.79

1,892.26 1,801.00

2,066.91 1,798.99

1,817.79 1,352.99

Liabilities To Non-Residents

Central Bank

0.15

0.01

22.53

0.05

0.14

126.56

Other Depository Corporations (Commercial Banks)

1,882.82

1,829.20

1,764.79

1,801.00

1,798.99

1,352.99

Net Domestic Assets

3,048.98

2,938.40

2,720.64

2,610.50

2,625.08

2,051.56

Domestic Claims

3,425.67

3,115.12

3,010.39

2,939.44

2,942.34

3,068.47

Net Claims On General Government Claims On General Government

(158.71)

(178.86)

(216.31)

(252.88)

(180.24)

(134.96)

352.99

370.50

391.48

384.84

394.80

531.25 126.48 404.77 666.21

From Central Bank

-

-

22.48

-

0.08

From Other Depository Corporations Liabilities To General Government

352.99 511.70

370.50 549.36

369.00 607.80

384.84 637.73

394.73 575.04

Claims On Other Sectors

3,584.38

3,293.98

3,226.70

3,192.32

3,122.58

3,203.43

Claims On Other Financial Corporations (Non-Bank Financial Institutions)

62.27 61.48

17.98 44.87

11.97 37.93

45.94 35.60

45.46 24.36

10.27 11.37

Claims On Public Non-Financial Corporations

Claims On Private Sector

3,460.62 1,689.50 1,771.13

3,231.14 1,547.59 1,683.54

3,176.80 1,305.42 1,871.39

3,110.78 1,268.87 1,841.90

3,052.75 1,176.48 1,876.28

3,181.79 1,207.71 1,974.08

Claims On Other Non-Financial Corporations (Business Credit)

Claims On Other Resident Sectors (Households)

Other Items (Net)

(376.69)

(176.72)

(289.75)

(328.94)

(317.26) (1,016.91)

Broad Money Liabilities (M2)

3,211.14

3,263.44

3,315.32

3,444.24 1,073.52

3,576.17 1,130.98

3,122.08

Narrow Money (M1)

796.11 153.85 229.71

901.45 165.76 245.64

968.68 159.62 240.80

983.51 155.49 234.33

Currency Outside Depository Corporations

163.37 239.57

155.01 242.10

Currency Issued By Central Bank (Currency In Circulation) Less Holdings Of National Currency By Odc (Commercial Banks)

75.86

79.88

81.18

76.20

87.09

78.84

Transferable Deposits, In National Currency

642.25

735.68

809.06

910.15

975.97

828.02

Quasi Money

2,415.03 2,026.63

2,362.00 2,018.09

2,346.64 1,991.95

2,370.72 1,987.39

2,445.20 2,034.42

2,138.57 1,766.27

Other Deposits, In National Currency

Foreign Currency Deposits

388.40

343.91

354.70

383.33

410.78

372.31

Memo Items

Liquidity Ratios

Liquid assets to total assets

32.20 34.49 95.95

33.55 35.85

36.68 39.07

39.44 42.01

40.39 43.24

37.80 42.93

Liquid assets to short-term liabilities

Customer deposits to total (noninterbank) loans

103.87

109.52

113.88

115.78

111.99

Weighted Average Interest Rate Total Deposits Rate

1.94 8.35 6.41

1.62 8.15 6.53

1.48 7.99 6.51

1.44 7.95 6.51

1.42 7.56 6.14 8.24

1.43 6.96 5.54

Lending Rate

Spread between reference lending and deposit rates (basis points)

Nonperforming loans to gross loans

18.20

13.12

12.50

10.03

11.29

Source: Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Data as at 12 February 2021

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