An Opposition senator told Jamaica's Senate on 9 October that J$96.3 billion budgeted for capital projects over a decade went unspent. His figures match the Ministry of Finance's own documents. The Ministry reports 94.6 per cent execution for one of those years, against a budget already cut.
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The Cayman Islands Government extended its fuel relief programme on 29 September 2026, holding a 100 per cent import duty waiver on gasoline, diesel and propane to 31 December and capping electricity fuel charges for most households. It had spent about CI$11.35 million by end of August.
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Guyana's Natural Resource Fund closed September 2026 at US$5.47 billion. Every dollar sits in an overnight deposit account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, under an investment mandate the Fund's Board has confirmed four times since May 2024. It earns the overnight rate.
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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 IMF Executive Board concluded Guyana's 2026 Article IV consultation on 8 October 2026 under its lapse-of-time procedure, without convening formal discussions. Real GDP grew 19.3 per cent in 2025. The Board's governance priorities open with resolving outstanding cost-oil audits.
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