Guyana measures inflation against a basket chosen after a 2006 household survey. The Bureau of Statistics finished field work on the survey meant to replace it in November 2019. The IMF called for the switch in 2025 and found progress slow.
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The housing line in Guyana's Georgetown Consumer Price Index stood at 99.18 in September 2026, below its December 2009 base of 100. Food stood at 235.33. The Ministry of Finance credits stable electricity and water tariffs.
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Colombia's government filed its Ley de Rescate Fiscal with the Cámara de Representantes on 29 October 2026, a 106-article bill seeking a spending cut of about 45 billones of pesos and six months of powers to merge ministries. The general rate of VAT does not change.
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The Central Bank of Barbados reported on 28 October 2026 that real GDP grew an estimated 1.4 per cent in the first nine months, against 2.3 per cent a year earlier. Its July half-year review gave the same figure, when the traded sector was still growing.
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The IMF's October 2026 World Economic Outlook projects Latin America and the Caribbean at 2.3 per cent. The fifteen Caribbean economies it covers are 3.9 per cent of that region's output, and their growth rates span 24 points, from Guyana at 22.3 per cent to Haiti at minus 1.7.
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IMF Country Report 26/262, published 8 October 2026, runs to 100 pages. Its Authorities' Views sections record what the Board's two-page press release does not: Guyana's government keeps public debt and the NRF ceiling as its fiscal anchor.
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The World Bank's Latin America and the Caribbean Economic Update, published October 2026, projects Guyana will grow 23.7 per cent this year against 2.2 per cent for the region and 2.5 per cent for the Caribbean excluding Guyana. Its April estimate was 16.3 per cent.
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Guyana budgeted G$6 billion for GuySuCo in 2024 and spent G$15.5 billion. Spending has risen from G$7.2 billion in 2021 to a revised G$16.4 billion in 2026, while its share of national expenditure fell from 1.85 per cent to 1.04 per cent. Output remains below 2020.
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President Jennifer Simons presented Suriname's draft 2027 budget on 30 September 2026. Revenue is estimated at SRD 70.1 billion against spending of SRD 80.9 billion, a deficit of SRD 10.8 billion, equal to 4 per cent of gross domestic product.
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A Venezuelan family of five needed US$755.36 to eat in August, up 12.5 per cent in bolívares and 3.8 per cent in dollars. Georgetown food prices fell 0.5 per cent and were 4.4 per cent higher than a year earlier.
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Cuba's deputy foreign minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío told The Atlantic on 16 September 2026 that central planning "is exhausted". CARICOM has shipped food and medical aid through Mexico since February; its baby-formula payments were rejected three times before clearing.
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Guyana's real GDP grew an estimated 33.3 per cent in the first half of 2026 as four oil vessels ran for a full half-year. Non-oil growth slowed to 10.1 per cent, agriculture contracted, and the full-year non-oil forecast was cut from 10.8 to 10.2 per cent.
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