Therefore, I would like first to comment on this before I move on to the outlook of the banking system per se: On the health factor, it seems that the news will be positive especially after the vaccination of a large part of the population within the 1st quarter of the year that will ensure the necessary immunization from the virus.
Caricom’s investment surveys have included enlightening chapters on regional finance, and there have been surveys by the IMF and others. In my own paper with Cherebin and Polius on regional financial systems, we included quantitative analysis of regional financial risk exposures.