West Caribbean Business Forecast Report

Published: January 8 2010 Quarterly   

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The West Caribbean Business Forecast Report provides essential macroeconomic, political and financial analysis for companies doing business in the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Aruba, The Bahamas, Belize, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Haiti and the Netherlands Antilles.

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Report Description

The West Caribbean Business Forecast Report helps businesses with Caribbean market assessment, strategic planning and decision making to promote growth and profitability in West Caribbean and is an essential tool for CEOs, Chairmen, Finance Directors/CFOs, Managing Directors, Marketing/Sales Directors with commercial interests in this emerging market.

An influential new analysis of West Caribbean's political, economic and financial prospects through end-2014, just published by award-winning forecasters, Business Monitor International.

Key Uses

  • Forecast the pace and stability of West Caribbean's economic and industry growth through end-2014
  • Identify and evaluate adverse political and economic trends in West Caribbean, to facilitate risk mitigation
  • Assess the critical shortcomings of West Caribbean's business environment that pose hidden barriers and costs to corporate profitability
  • Contextualise West Caribbean's country risks against regional peers using BMI's country comparative risk ratings system
  • Target business opportunities in West Caribbean's high-growth industry sectors
  • Evaluate external threats to doing business in West Caribbean, including currency volatility, the commodity price boom and protectionist policies

The West Caribbean Business Forecast Report by Business Monitor International (BMI) includes two major sections: West Caribbean's Political Outlook, and West Caribbean's Economic Outlook.

West Caribbean's Political Outlook:

What are the political risks to doing business in West Caribbean over the next 5-years?

BMI's West Caribbean Country Risk Ratings evaluate the short- and medium-term threats posed by government instability, adverse economic policy-making, deterioration in the business environment and external shocks.

West Caribbean Political Outlook Contents

  • SWOT Analysis for the Caribbean Market
    Political strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing West Caribbean.
  • Political Stability and Risk Assessment for West Caribbean
    BMI's Risk Ratings assess explicit short and long-term risks to political stability; latest ratings, rankings and trends for West Caribbean's risk are compared with regional and global averages.
  • Current Administration and Policy-making in West Caribbean
    BMI profiles key policy-makers and power-brokers in the Caribbean government, assessing threats to the continuity of Caribbean economic policy, and likely changes to the business operating environment through end-2018.
  • Caribbean Foreign Policy
    BMI examines key trends and shifts in West Caribbean's foreign relations and alignments with regional neighbours, the United States and Europe, focusing on external influences.

Key Benefits

  • Benchmark West Caribbean's risk profile against its neighbours, the global and regional average, allowing easy comparison of risks between key business markets.
  • Identify, evaluate and anticipate political and security risks to the business environment in West Caribbean, and to your company's current operations and future plans.
  • Gain valuable insights into the Caribbean government and policy-making, through BMI's specialist team of analysts and economists, and their exclusive network of private and public sector sources.

West Caribbean's Economic Outlook:

How will Caribbean economic policy-making and performance impact on corporate profitability over 2009-2014?

BMI provides our fully independent 5-year forecasts for West Caribbean through end-2014 for more than 35 macroeconomic variables. We evaluate Caribbean growth, and also forecast the impact of economic management, including central bank policy, on profitability.

West Caribbean Economic Outlook Contents

The West Caribbean Business Forecast Report features explicit BMI economic forecasts for country, with supporting commentary and analysis, for end-2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 set against Caribbean government views. Underpinning our West Caribbean forecasts are key assumptions for the global economy through end-2014, covering growth, inflation, employment, trade and investment, interest and exchange rates in the US, Japan and the Euro-zone.

Coverage of Key Economic Issues in West Caribbean

  • Economic Activity in West Caribbean
    Real GDP growth; industrial growth; employment growth; inflation and consumer prices; consumption (indicative wages, retail sales, consumer confidence)
  • Fiscal Policy in West Caribbean
    Current macroeconomic strategy and implementation policies; government finance (revenue, expenditure, budget balance); tax reforms
  • Monetary Policy in West Caribbean
    Interest rate trends (bank lending and deposit rates); inflation (retail price inflation, consumer price inflation); exchange rate policy in country; currency controls; influence of foreign direct investment inflows; exchange rates and foreign exchange reserves
  • Balance of Payments in West Caribbean
    Merchandise trade (exports, imports, trade balance); current and capital account balances
  • Foreign Direct Investment in West Caribbean
    Foreign direct investment approvals and inflows; the foreign investment climate
  • Caribbean External Debt
    Debt profile (short- and long-term debt; public and private sector exposure)

Key Benefits

  • Rely upon BMI's 100% independent Forecast Scenarios for West Caribbean and underlying assumptions - we take no advertising and are privately-owned.
  • Exploit the benefits of BMI's comprehensive and reliable macroeconomic database on West Caribbean, sourced and fully maintained by BMI from an extensive network of private sector, government and multilateral contacts.
  • Gain key insights into the current and future direction of Caribbean government economic policy

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