Annual Economic and Financial Review -December 2018

2018 Economic and Financial Review

ST ATISTICAL TABLES

Table 41 St Vincent and the Grenadines - Monetary Survey (EC$M at end of period)

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018ᴾ

Net Foreign Assets Central Bank (Net)

493.08 359.42 133.66 (30.71) 174.55 205.26 164.37 276.13 111.77

508.23 421.43 86.80 215.78 209.99 81.01 200.15 119.13 5.79

531.94 444.81 87.13 231.39 227.01 82.75 200.27 117.52 4.38

661.82 516.24 145.58 67.95 273.52 205.58 77.64 197.52 119.89

607.90 487.00 120.90 30.91 219.80 188.88 89.99 236.77 146.79

599.13 454.94 144.19 16.91 200.92 184.01 127.28 275.49 148.21

Commercial Banks (Net)

External (Net)

Assets

Liabilities

Other ECCB Territories (Net)

Assets

Liabilities

Net Domestic Assets

791.95

900.40

943.84

858.90

931.32

966.00

Domestic Credit

998.91 64.09 (113.02) 1,047.84

1,020.24

1,069.38 111.16 (111.66) 1,069.89

1,045.43 1,091.00

1,107.31 106.28 (101.78) 1,102.81

Central Government (Net) Other Public Sector (Net)

88.61

60.42 (99.04) 846.62 210.02 23.41

95.17

(113.63) 1,045.26

(105.13)

Private Sector

1,084.05 1,100.96

Household Business

777.08 250.34 16.43

789.59 235.61 16.06

817.52 232.88 15.49

877.96 186.45 32.55

897.97 162.91 39.93

Non-Bank Financial Institutions Subsidiaries & Affiliates

4.00

4.00

4.00

4.00

4.00

2.00

Other Items (Net)

(206.96)

(119.84)

(125.54)

(186.53) (159.68)

(141.31)

Monetary Liabilities (M2) Money Supply (M1) Currency with the Public

1,285.03 374.21

1,408.62 426.30

1,475.78 437.83

1,520.72 1,539.22

1,565.13 515.97 107.07 400.34 1,049.16 876.29 104.87 8.56

479.79 91.72 379.55

475.84 95.87 371.21

48.14 320.08 910.82 717.40 136.28 57.15 5.99

53.61 364.30 982.33 779.44 130.09 72.79 8.39

64.62 364.05

Demand Deposits

EC$ Cheques and Drafts Issued

9.16

8.51

8.75

Quasi Money

1,037.95 820.61 126.90

1,040.93 1,063.38

Savings Deposits Time Deposits

845.21 114.25 81.47

875.79 110.10 77.48

Foreign Currency Deposits

90.44

68.00

Memo Items

Liquidity Ratios Liquid assets to total assets

36.06 41.70 122.25

37.58 42.24 129.28

38.22 42.90 130.48

39.90 44.66 130.83

38.75 43.52 128.57

37.66 41.60 128.78

Liquid assets to short-term liabilities Customer deposits to total (noninterbank) loans

Weighted Average Interest Rates Total Deposits Rate

2.63 9.41

2.51 9.30 6.79 9.98

1.92 9.22 7.30 8.65

1.82 8.90 7.09 9.53

1.82 8.58 6.76 8.17

1.78 8.41 6.63 6.48

Lending Rate

Spread between reference lending and deposit r

6.78

Nonperforming loans to gross loans

8.30

Source : Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Data as at 25 February 2019

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