Belize
Banknote round-up: Belize may replace UK monarch’s image
Argentina releases new 1000 peso note while Chile reports shortage of smallest denomination
Belize governor resigns after 19 weeks
Central bank offers few details, but country has suffered sharp economic blows
New governor takes office in Belize
Former IMF official Vasquez takes office as financial and economic crisis unsettles country
Belize central bank law to allow bigger loans to state
Amendments come amid debt crisis as IMF warns country to defend currency peg
Belize’s central bank must improve cyber regulation – IMF staff
IMF staff warns central bank must upgrade physical resilience in face of hurricane threat
Fears rise over breakdown in Basel and IFRS standards
Bretton Woods institutions worried about growing divergence in capital and accounting standards as credit impairment tsunami looms; US and many emerging economies skirting the rules
Belize starts charging banks for payment processing
Central bank had previously shouldered the cost of the payment system
Belize must act to escape cycle of defaults – IMF staff
The country has completed a third debt restructuring in a decade, but IMF research says fiscal consolidation is needed to put debt on a “clear downward trajectory”
Keith Arnold, Belize's longest-serving governor, dies
Arnold, who served as central bank governor for 10 years in the 1990s, dies at 72; he held three major financial offices
Belize central bank toughens AML/CFT controls with Swift solution
Software scans payment messages in real time, alerting central bank of suspicious transactions; upgrade is latest in a series of initiatives deployed in improving AML/CFT compliance
Belize launches next phase of payment overhaul
Cheque payments which would have taken up to a week will be processed within 24 hours under new system, with further plans to revamp the securities market infrastructure in the pipeline
Ysaguirre leaves Central Bank of Belize
Former energy minister replaces central bank governor as term comes to an end; Joy Grant will take charge as economy struggles
Belize governor worried about threat posed by ‘de-risking’
Regulators not fully taking note of uncertainty around regulation implementation; Caribbean region growth and financial stability “threatened” by pullback of global banks, governor says
Better data collection would aid forecasting at Belize central bank, research argues
Forecasting could be improved with better data collection, working paper published by central bank finds
Belize annual report details financial stability measures
Central Bank of Belize publishes annual report for 2012; establishes financial stability unit to explore macro-prudential surveillance and introduces measures to reduce share of NPLs
Belize paper evaluates value of currency peg
Research published by the Central Bank of Belize highlights export growth and steady domestic inflation aided by peg to the US dollar
Central Bank of Belize publishes annual report
Annual report published by Central Bank of Belize says central bank is “cautiously optimistic” regarding economic outlook
Central Bank of Belize – Annual Report 2008
Belize’s output negatively affected by flooding
Central Bank of Belize - Annual Report 2007
In 2007, Belize experienced an economic downturn with GDP growth falling from 5.3% to 1.6%, notes the latest Annual Report from the country's central bank.
Caribbean budgets need disaster insurance
The natural-disaster-prone economies of the Caribbean need insurance to reduce the vulnerability of their public finances and improve debt sustainability, a new IMF working paper says.
Central Bank of Belize - Annual Report 2006
Growth accelerated to 5.8% in 2006, boosted by the launch of commercial oil operations.