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Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank and its Major Functions cont’d

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Agreement, 1983 is a treaty among the Participating Governments of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) committed to collaboration in the area of central banking. The Participating Governments are Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Christopher (St Kitts) and Nevis, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Article 4 clearly enunciates the purposes of the Bank which are:

1. to regulate the availability of money and credit;

2. to promote and maintain monetary stability;

3. to promote credit and exchange conditions and a sound financial structure conducive to the balanced growth and development of the economies of the territories of the Participating Governments; 4. to actively promote through means consistent with its other objectives the economic development of the territories of the Participating Governments.

Transforming The ECCU Together

3/30/2026

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