Curaçao’s new Deposit Guarantee Scheme marks a major step toward financial security and trust, addressing lessons from the GIRO Bank collapse and strengthening the island’s economic resilience.

The CBCS June 2025 Economic Bulletin highlights steady growth and improving fiscal health in Curaçao and Sint Maarten, while urging structural reforms to address long-term vulnerabilities and ensure sustainable development.

Curaçao is seeing significant improvements in employment and income growth, however, challenges around inequality and economic inactivity remain.

Explore how the true cost of tariffs is shared between consumers and producers through the lens of tax incidence, revealing why trade barriers often hurt both sides of the border.

Budgeting with cyclically adjusted balances allows for differentiating between structural and cyclical deficits, which in turn enhances economic stability by aligning fiscal policies with the economic cycle.