
ECCB Celebrates 24 years of Operations
Basseterre, St Kitts 25 September 2007 On 1 October 2007, the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank will mark 24 years of operation as the monetary authority for the eight countries that comprise the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union. The Bank was established as the successor to the Eastern Caribbean Currency Authority, with the signing of the ECCB Agreement Act 1983. The rationale for its establishment, set out in the preamble to the Agreement, was the desire