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Jan 19,2023
- TIMOTHY N. J. ANTOINE
On this glorious evening, we launch our year-long celebrations for our 40th anniversary.
Jul 22,2022
- TIMOTHY N. J. ANTOINE
It is my distinct pleasure to welcome each of you to the Handing Over Ceremony that marks the change in chairmanship of the Monetary Council.
Jan 01,2022
- Timothy N.J. Antoine
Fellow citizens and residents of the ECCU, it is, for most of us, the most wonderful time of the year.
Nov 12,2020
- TIMOTHY N. J. ANTOINE
I convey warm and fraternal greetings, to each of you, on the occasion of the 2nd Annual Conference of Licensed Financial Institutions. We convene at a time of unprecedented challenge for our region and our world. The past nine months have not been easy. I wish then to offer high commendation to all licensed financial institutions for your diligent work and responsiveness throughout this period.
Oct 05,2020
- TIMOTHY N. J. ANTOINE
This day has finally come – the official launch of the ECPCGC. We are living in “covidous” times and the ECCU is facing its worst economic contraction, on record, currently projected at 15.4 percent for 2020. Truth be told, the lack of access to credit was a pre-existing condition of the ECCU financial system but the pandemic has greatly exacerbated the situation.
Sep 07,2020
- TIMOTHY N. J. ANTOINE
“Our greatest national resource is the minds of our children” ~ Walt Disney (Slide 1) Principals and teachers, not only is the greatest national resource in your hands but your immediate challenge is to shape the minds of our children in the midst of a pandemic. What a grave responsibility! What a wonderful opportunity!
Jul 25,2020
- TIMOTHY N. J. ANTOINE
It is my distinct pleasure to welcome each of you to the Handing Over Ceremony to mark the change in chairmanship of the Monetary Council. Today, the chairmanship of the Council passes from the Council Member for Grenada to the Council Member for Kitts and Nevis. I wish to thank the outgoing Chairman for his stewardship over the past two years and especially for his accessibility, rapid and positive response to Bank matters, and his prompt attention to legislation.
May 28,2020
- Timothy N. J. Antoine
The shape and speed of the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic remains pregnant with uncertainty. Care and relief packages have been critical for supporting households and businesses during this economic carnage. The crisis offers an opportunity to accelerate reforms for transforming our economies to be more competitive, productive and resilient.
Apr 13,2020
- TIMOTHY N. J. ANTOINE
Welcome to the fourth edition of our Growth and Resilience Dialogue with Social Partners! I am delighted to welcome each of you to the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB). Is anyone visiting the Bank for the first time? I bid you a special welcome. To all citizens and residents of the ECCU, I say welcome to your Bank. We work for you and it is our privilege to serve you.
Apr 09,2020
- TIMOTHY N. J. ANTOINE
Fellow citizens and residents of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU): I address you at a time of great adversity and anxiety for our region and our world. An Unprecedented Moment This moment is like no other. We have to go back more than 100 years to the 1918 Spanish flu to begin to comprehend the scale and scope of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jan 23,2020
- TIMOTHY N. J. ANTOINE
I am honoured to deliver the 2020 Sir Arthur Lewis Memorial Lecture, here in Sir Arthur’s homeland. As I understand it, this Lecture Series is two decades strong and counting. I recognise the impressive line of illustrious presenters who have preceded me in this Lecture Series as we continue to celebrate Sir Arthur Lewis, the Caribbean’s most renowned economist, for his nmatched contribution to development economics, for which he earned the Nobel Prize in 1979.
Dec 02,2019
- TIMOTHY N. J. ANTOINE
I am delighted to welcome each of you to this important workshop styled: Coping with Climate Change and Other Environmental Risks. The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) is pleased to partner with the Toronto Centre to deliver this most timely workshop. Babak, you may recall our visit to the Toronto Centre in July 2018 at which time, we agreed to pursue a programme of cooperation. Since then, we have now collaborated on four events: two in Washington DC and two here at the ECCB.
Nov 19,2019
- TIMOTHY N. J. ANTOINE
I am delighted to welcome each of you to the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) and to the 51st Annual Monetary Studies Conference.Is anyone visiting the ECCB for the first time? I bid you special welcome. To citizens of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU), I say welcome to your central bank; we work for you. And we are happy to serve you.
Oct 08,2019
- TIMOTHY N. J. ANTOINE
The Annual National Consultation on the Economy is an important aspect of the economic governance framework of the Federation of St Kitts and Nevis and by extension, the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU).
Sep 30,2019
- TIMOTHY N. J. ANTOINE
Our Motivation The ECCB commenced its financial literacy campaign in 2002. Now in its eighteenth year, this campaign has the potential to become a veritable grass roots movement through which the citizens of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union can be educated and empowered to follow their dreams and truly fulfill their God-given potential.
Jul 23,2019
- TIMOTHY N. J. ANTOINE
Allow me to join our Master of Ceremonies, Mrs. Teresa Smith, Director of Statistics in welcoming all stakeholders to the launch of the ECCU Public Debt and Market Information Web Portal. Here assembled, are the builders of this platform together with the suppliers and consumers of public debt information.
May 29,2019
- TIMOTHY N. J. ANTOINE
As always, I am delighted to be in the Isle of Spice. Today, I am especially pleased, to mark this visit with the launch of our highly anticipated EC polymer notes. Before I continue with my brief remarks, I hereby confirm that our EC dollar is strong. As of Friday, 24 May 2019, the backing ratio was 98.4 per cent. More importantly, our foreign reserves continue to grow and now total S$1.75 billion.
Mar 12,2019
- TIMOTHY N. J. ANTOINE
I wish to commence this media conference by welcoming all members of the media assembled both physically and virtually. I also welcome Rawdon Adams, the CEO of Bitt Inc, ECCB’s partner for this fintech pilot.
May 22,2018
- Timothy N. J. Antoine
I wish to congratulate the Editor, Professor Briguglio and all contributors, for this very timely contribution to the discourse on the development of Small States.Allow me to also recognise the presence of former Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, Dr Delisle Worrell, himself, a prolific researcher and a contributor to the Handbook which we are launching today.
May 12,2018
- TIMOTHY N. J. ANTOINE
I consider it an honour to have been invited by St. George’s University to deliver this year’s commencement address and I thank the University for this kind invitation. Needless to say, I am thrilled, to be at home. Graduands, let’s be honest.
