The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago published its March 2025 Economic DataPack, consolidating domestic and international economic and financial indicators used for monetary policy, financial stability, foreign exchange management and economic intelligence. The Bank also indicated the DataPack will be issued quarterly on the last working day of each quarter. The pack reports, among other indicators, headline consumer price inflation of 0.7% year on year in February 2025 (food inflation 3.9%), a weighted average USD selling rate of TTD 6.7803 in February 2025, and net official reserves of USD 5.294 billion with import cover of 7.5 months. It also shows quarterly GDP contracting 2.1% year on year in Q2 2024 (energy -5.6%, non-energy -0.7%), an unemployment rate of 4.1% in September 2024, an overall central government surplus of TTD 0.6 billion in FY2025 Q1 (Oct–Dec 2024), and adjusted general government debt of TTD 142.1 billion (73.1% of GDP) at end-December 2024. The Bank noted that additional data and longer time series are available via its Data Centre.
Central Bank of Trinidad & Tobago 2025-03-27
Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago publishes March 2025 Economic DataPack and confirms quarterly release schedule
The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago released its March 2025 Economic DataPack, detailing key economic indicators for monetary policy and financial stability. Highlights include a headline consumer price inflation of 0.7% year on year in February 2025, a quarterly GDP contraction of 2.1% year on year in Q2 2024, and net official reserves of USD 5.294 billion. The DataPack will be issued quarterly, with more data accessible through the Bank's Data Centre.