 Haiti's real GDP growth turned negative in FY 2001 after six years of growth.Real GDP fell by 1.1% in FY 2001 and 0.9% in FY 2002.Macroeconomic stability was adversely affected by political uncertainty, the collapse of informal banking cooperatives, high budget deficits, low investment, and reduced international capital flows, including suspension of IFI lending as Haiti fell into arrears with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and World Bank.