The euro can also be expected to become an attractive currency for the investment of official reserves. Moreover, available information concerning the private use of the euro as a currency of denomination for debt securities indicates a significant increase in the share of international debt markets in the first quarter of 1999.
DeLisle Worrell: Changes impacting Barbados’ competitive market position Remarks by Dr DeLisle Worrell, Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, at the opening of the International Business and Financial Sector Conference, Bridgetown, 15 March 2012. *  *  *  This conference takes place at an extremely challenging time for the international business and financial sector (IBFS).