CARICOM Statistics

NOMINAL EXCHANGE RATES

		(National Currency to US Dollar)

COUNTRIES	2007
	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
THE BAHAMAS	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
BARBADOS	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
BELIZE	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
GUYANA	201.09	201.93	203.41	203.50
JAMAICA	67.55	68.16	69.35	71.17
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO	6.30	6.30	6.31	…
OECS	2.70	2.70	2.70	2.70




BANK RATES¹
				(Percentage)

COUNTRIES	2007
COUNTRIES	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
THE BAHAMAS	5.25	5.25	5.25	5.25
BARBADOS	12.00	12.00	12.00
BELIZE	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00
GUYANA	6.58	6.50	6.50
JAMAICA	11.65	11.65	11.65
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
OECS	6.50	6.50	6.50	6.50

Notes:
¹represents the rate at the end of the quarter.




3 MONTH DEPOSIT RATES¹
				(Percentage)

COUNTRIES	2007
	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
Antigua & Barbuda*	1.00
The Bahamas	3.58	3.52	3.66	3.74
Barbados*	5.25	5.25	5.25
Dominica*	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Grenada*	1.00
Guyana	2.48	2.48	2.48
Jamaica²	2.50	6.80	6.80	5.60
Montserrat*	2.00
St. Kitts & Nevis*	1.00
Saint Lucia*	1.00
St. Vincent & G'dines*	1.00
Trinidad & Tobago³	2.85	2.98	2.90

Notes:
¹represents the rate at the end of the year
² refers to the minimum 3-6 months deposit rate
³ median of the twelve monthly median rates
* refers to the minimum 3 month deposit rate



PRIME LENDING RATES¹

				(Percentage)

COUNTRIES	2007
	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
Antigua & Barbuda*	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
The Bahamas	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.50
Barbados*	10.15	10.15	10.15
Dominica*	8.50
Grenada*	8.50
Guyana²	14.54	14.54	14.65
Jamaica³	22.49	22.49	21.08	20.82
Montserrat*	9.50
St. Kitts & Nevis*	8.50
Saint Lucia*	9.50
St. Vincent & G'dines*	9.00
Trinidad & Tobago⁴	11.75	11.75	11.75	11.75

Notes:
¹represents the rate at the end of the year
2 refers to arithmetic average of the prime lending rate as reported by the commercial banks
³ refers to the average lending rate
⁴ median of the twelve monthly median rates
* refers to the minimum lending rate