The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) is poised to host its 112th Monetary Council gathering on February 13th at the Sir Cecil Jacob Auditorium within its St Kitts and Nevis headquarters. This high-level assembly will bring together finance ministers from across the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) to deliberate on critical economic initiatives.
ECCB Governor Timothy N. J. Antoine will present the comprehensive Report on Monetary and Credit Conditions, providing crucial insights into the region’s financial landscape. The Council’s agenda features pivotal discussions on The Big Push Initiative—an ambitious decade-long strategy designed to double the ECCU’s collective GDP while significantly enhancing living standards across member nations.
The meeting will also incorporate progress reports from key technical committees, including the Technical Core Committee on Insurance, Eastern Caribbean Asset Management Corporation, and the Eastern Caribbean Partial Credit Guarantee Corporation.
Following the closed-door deliberations, Council Chairman Honourable Gaston Browne, who concurrently serves as Finance Minister for Antigua and Barbuda, will address journalists at a 3:00 p.m. press conference. He will present the official Communiqué and field media inquiries regarding the Council’s decisions.
The Monetary Council operates as the ECCB’s supreme governance body, comprising finance ministers from all eight member territories: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The Council’s leadership rotates annually according to alphabetical order among these member states.