Trinidad and Tobago - Net incurrence of liabilities

Net incurrence of liabilities, domestic (current LCU)

The value for Net incurrence of liabilities, domestic (current LCU) in Trinidad and Tobago was -502,900,000.00 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 16 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 892,800,000.00 in 1995 and a minimum value of -1,110,600,000.00 in 2007.

Definition: Net incurrence of government liabilities includes foreign financing (obtained from nonresidents) and domestic financing (obtained from residents), or the means by which a government provides financial resources to cover a budget deficit or allocates financial resources arising from a budget surplus. The net incurrence of liabilities should be offset by the net acquisition of financial assets (a third financing item). The difference between the cash surplus or deficit and the three financing items is the net change in the stock of cash.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1993 582,800,000.00
1994 329,300,000.00
1995 892,800,000.00
2006 -1,065,600,000.00
2007 -1,110,600,000.00
2008 -933,000,000.00
2009 -502,900,000.00

Net incurrence of liabilities, domestic (% of GDP)

Net incurrence of liabilities, domestic (% of GDP) in Trinidad and Tobago was -0.41 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 16 years was 2.82 in 1995, while its lowest value was -0.92 in 2006.

Definition: Net incurrence of government liabilities includes foreign financing (obtained from nonresidents) and domestic financing (obtained from residents), or the means by which a government provides financial resources to cover a budget deficit or allocates financial resources arising from a budget surplus. The net incurrence of liabilities should be offset by the net acquisition of financial assets (a third financing item). The difference between the cash surplus or deficit and the three financing items is the net change in the stock of cash.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1993 2.38
1994 1.12
1995 2.82
2006 -0.92
2007 -0.81
2008 -0.55
2009 -0.41

Net incurrence of liabilities, foreign (current LCU)

The value for Net incurrence of liabilities, foreign (current LCU) in Trinidad and Tobago was 323,300,000.00 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 16 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 816,200,000.00 in 1995 and a minimum value of -598,700,000.00 in 1993.

Definition: Net incurrence of government liabilities includes foreign financing (obtained from nonresidents) and domestic financing (obtained from residents), or the means by which a government provides financial resources to cover a budget deficit or allocates financial resources arising from a budget surplus. The net incurrence of liabilities should be offset by the net acquisition of financial assets (a third financing item). The difference between the cash surplus or deficit and the three financing items is the net change in the stock of cash.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1993 -598,700,000.00
1994 -291,900,000.00
1995 816,200,000.00
2006 -410,800,000.00
2007 688,300,000.00
2008 796,700,000.00
2009 323,300,000.00

Net incurrence of liabilities, foreign (% of GDP)

Net incurrence of liabilities, foreign (% of GDP) in Trinidad and Tobago was 0.26 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 16 years was 2.57 in 1995, while its lowest value was -2.44 in 1993.

Definition: Net incurrence of government liabilities includes foreign financing (obtained from nonresidents) and domestic financing (obtained from residents), or the means by which a government provides financial resources to cover a budget deficit or allocates financial resources arising from a budget surplus. The net incurrence of liabilities should be offset by the net acquisition of financial assets (a third financing item). The difference between the cash surplus or deficit and the three financing items is the net change in the stock of cash.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1993 -2.44
1994 -1.00
1995 2.57
2006 -0.35
2007 0.50
2008 0.47
2009 0.26

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance