Country Report Curaçao 1st Quarter 2020

Economic structure: Quarterly indicators

 2018   2019   
 1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Qtr
Output        
Real GDP (% change, year on year)-1.6-1.3-1.7n/a-1.0-1.3n/an/a
Prices        
Consumer prices (% change, year on year)1.92.73.33.61.43.33.02.3
Financial indicators        
Exchange rate Naf:US$ (av)1.791.791.791.791.791.791.791.79
Exchange rate Naf:US$ (end-period)1.791.791.791.791.791.791.791.79
Treasury bill rate (av; %)2.02.02.02.02.52.52.52.5
Government bond yield rate (av; %)-0.1-0.20.0-0.2-0.4-0.6-0.7-0.4
M1 (end-period; Naf m)4,552.74,556.64,339.44,308.74,515.64,506.24,306.64,305.4
M1 (% change, year on year)19.918.73.9-0.1-0.8-1.1-0.8-0.1
M2 (end-period; Naf m)8,912.98,922.08,660.78,685.38,839.88,877.58,628.98,677.9
M2 (% change, year on year)7.97.61.20.0-0.8-0.5-0.4-0.1
Sectoral trends in tourism        
Stay-over visitors (‘000)110.494.4105.1120.2127.2110.6108.7117.2
Cruise tourism (‘000)330.7132.3118.2231.0270.7141.7120.3268.3
Foreign trade and payments (Naf m)        
Goods: exports fob177.3178.3179.3180.3131.894.8114.6n/a
Goods: imports fob555.5556.5557.5558.5356.1361.4368.3n/a
Merchandise trade balance fob-fob-376.2-375.2-374.2-373.2-224.3-266.6-253.7n/a
Services balance129.3130.3131.3132.3129.499.287.0n/a
Income balance24.925.926.927.915.03.810.7n/a
Net transfer payments0.21.22.23.2-2.6-5.1-9.5n/a
 Workers' remittances16.617.618.619.64.34.65.5n/a
Current-account balance-227.8-226.8-225.8-224.8-81.1-168.8-165.5n/a
Sources: IMF, International Financial Statistics; Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten.

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