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Curaçao’s economy grows as St. Maarten’s contracts

January 15, 2016

Curaçao’s economy grows  as St. Maarten’s contracts
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WILLEMSTAD/PHILIPSBURG --Economic developments differed between Curaçao and St. Maarten. While Curaçao recorded a modest expansion of 0.3 per cent in real output, St. Maarten’s economy contracted by 0.3 per cent in real terms in the third quarter of 2015, President of Central Bank and Curaçao and St. Maarten Emsley Tromp said in the Bank’s 2015 third quarter report.

Curaçao’s economy grows as St. Maarten’s contracts

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Source: https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/curacaos-economy-grows-as-st-maartens-contracts

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