Jwala Rambarran: Examining the performance of Caribbean economies Remarks by Mr Jwala Rambarran, Governor of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, at the CARTAC Steering Committee Meeting, Port of Spain, 29 May 2013. *  *  *  Good morning, colleagues from the region and further abroad. It is with very great pleasure that I welcome you to Trinidad and Tobago.
In sum, Japan's economic activity has been increasingly sluggish. Indicators of production, employment, and private consumption have all been weak. The results of the Bank's December Tankan (Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan), which were released yesterday, also clearly indicated the severity of economic conditions in terms of business sentiment and fixed investment plans.