Guyana: 2023 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report

Author: International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.

Volume/Issue: Volume 2023 Issue 379

Publication date: December 2023

ISBN: 9798400260384

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Exports and Imports , Economics- Macroeconomics , Money and Monetary Policy , Public Finance , Business and Economics - Statistics , International - Economics , IMF FSAP , Guyanese economy , monetary policy stance , development needs , ocean economy , construction boom , Public sector , Oil , Caribbean , Global

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Summary

The Guyanese economy has tripled in size since the start of oil extraction (end- 2019), from one of the lowest GDP per capita in Latin America and the Caribbean in the early nineties. Oil production is ramping up rapidly, supporting the highest real GDP growth in the world in 2022 (62.3 percent). With the help of oil revenues, first transferred to the budget in 2022, the government has started investing heavily to address large development needs. Fundamentals remain strong and there are no signs of inflationary pressures or overheating as of yet—annual CPI inflation rate was 1.2 percent in July 2023— since there remains slack in the economy.