Budget Alert Volume 5: Fiscal policy issues in Grenada 2025
This synopsis of Budget Alert Volume 5: Fiscal Policy Issues in Grenada 2025, presents highlights of the main themes in the published Budget Alert articles...
Laurel Bain
Budget alert 6.3: Government finances and the economy
Reflect on the fiscal policy issues that emerged in Grenada during 2024 by sourcing Budget Alert: Volume 4 – Fiscal Policy Issues in Grenada 2024,...
Budget Alert 6.1 Grenada operates in a turbulent global environment
The turbulent global environment experienced during 2025 continued into 2026. The turbulence was extended to the Caribbean with the political intervention by the USA in...
House Speaker Leo Cato meets with FROC
On Wednesday, 9th July 2025, the Fiscal Resilience Oversight Committee (FROC), held the bi-annual consultation with the Honourable Leo Cato, Speaker of the House of...
In compliance with fiscal rules
The conduct of fiscal policy in Grenada is guided by the Fiscal Resilience Act No 11 of 2023. Under the Fiscal Resilience Act, the Government...
Budget Alert 5.3 Political developments in the 1960’s
The constitutional changes in Grenada and some of the countries of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union placed the countries on the path to political independence....
Building strong institutions and strengthening technical capacity
(In Recognition of the late Sir K Dwight Venner and the late Ms. Alison Phills) The late Sir K Dwight Venner served as Governor of...
Pension reform and its closure
The issues pertaining to Pension Reform in Grenada appears to have gained closure with the enactment of the Public Sector Employees (Pension Fund) Act 2024....
Budget Alert4.1 (I) Highlights of the National Housing and Population Census 2021 – Population by social indicators
This article is a continuation of the highlights of the National Housing and Population Census (2021) which contains comprehensive information on the features of the...
Budget Alert 4.1 (H): Highlights of the national housing and population census 2021 – Population by social indicators
This article is a continuation of the highlights of the National Housing and Population Census (2021) which contains comprehensive information on the features of the...
Budget Alert 4.1 (G) highlights of the national housing and population census 2021 – Population by earnings
This article is a continuation of the highlights of the National Housing and Population Census (2021) which contains comprehensive information on the features of the...
Budget Alert 4.1 (F) Highlights of the National Housing and Population Census 2021 – Population by education
This article is a continuation of the highlights of the National Housing and Population Census (2021), which contains comprehensive information on the features of the...
New member appointed to FROC
Former Director of Audit in Grenada, Julia Lawrence has been overlooked for a position on the prestigious body known as Fiscal Resilience Oversight Committee (FROC)....
Budget alert 4.1 (C): Exploring unemployment in Grenada
The overall unemployment rate has exhibited a declining trend, and this was also manifested in the trend in unemployment among females. However, the unemployment rate...
Exploring unemployment in Grenada
The rate of poverty, the distribution of income, and the rate and structure of unemployment are among the indicators used to measure the welfare of...
Government Finances and the Economy
Fiscal policy, which is the main instrument for economic management, is implemented through the execution of the annual national budget; and hence the importance of...
Budget Alert 4.3 economic developments in Grenada in the 1950’s
With the focus on political and social reforms in the early 1950s, strategic policies for economic development were not at the forefront. The widespread devastation...
Examining newsweek reporting on China’s presence in Antigua and Barbuda
The structure of Grenada’s economy is influenced by its historical legacy, its evolution to a politically independent state, and the policies pursued by administrations. The...
Budget alert 4.1: Exploring unemployment in Grenada
Economic policies are aimed at improving the welfare of the population. Among the social indicators, unemployment and poverty are commonly used to monitor the welfare...
Budget Alert 3.12 The 2024 national budget for Empowerment and Transformation
The 2024 national budget was presented under the theme: “Grenada at 50: Empowering our people, Transforming our nation”. There were commonalities in the 2023 and...