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Trinidad and Tobago - Broad money

Broad money (current LCU)

The value for Broad money (current LCU) in Trinidad and Tobago was 118,305,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 118,305,000,000 in 2020 and a minimum value of 198,900,000 in 1960.

Definition: Broad money (IFS line 35L..ZK) is the sum of currency outside banks; demand deposits other than those of the central government; the time, savings, and foreign currency deposits of resident sectors other than the central government; bank and traveler’s checks; and other securities such as certificates of deposit and commercial paper.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.

Year	Value
1960	198,900,000
1961	225,300,000
1962	225,200,000
1963	262,700,000
1964	255,100,000
1965	263,600,000
1966	294,800,000
1967	315,300,000
1968	361,900,000
1969	415,100,000
1970	488,600,000
1971	605,900,000
1972	722,900,000
1973	822,800,000
1974	1,072,600,000
1975	1,388,300,000
1976	1,863,300,000
1977	2,359,800,000
1978	2,941,200,000
1979	3,815,700,000
1980	4,297,900,000
1981	5,492,100,000
1982	7,394,900,000
1983	7,933,800,000
1984	8,342,100,000
1985	8,443,800,000
1986	8,212,900,000
1987	8,497,500,000
1988	8,549,100,000
1989	9,093,700,000
1990	9,661,600,000
1991	9,906,000,000
1992	9,221,900,000
1993	10,628,600,000
1994	12,399,300,000
1995	12,890,200,000
1996	15,879,970,000
1997	17,679,040,000
1998	20,240,840,000
1999	21,097,750,000
2000	23,563,880,000
2001	26,819,510,000
2002	27,208,920,000
2003	27,314,930,000
2004	32,558,920,000
2005	41,249,460,000
2006	49,389,760,000
2007	55,122,620,000
2008	64,183,550,000
2009	75,257,440,000
2010	76,022,960,000
2011	76,623,100,000
2012	92,585,560,000
2013	95,555,170,000
2014	102,430,000,000
2015	103,591,000,000
2016	106,481,000,000
2017	106,097,000,000
2018	107,342,000,000
2019	110,437,000,000
2020	118,305,000,000

Broad money (% of GDP)

Broad money (% of GDP) in Trinidad and Tobago was 81.17 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 81.17 in 2020, while its lowest value was 20.88 in 1965.

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

Year	Value
1960	21.66
1961	22.47
1962	21.21
1963	22.59
1964	20.90
1965	20.88
1966	23.76
1967	23.81
1968	23.84
1969	26.64
1970	29.73
1971	34.21
1972	34.73
1973	32.09
1974	25.58
1975	26.19
1976	30.59
1977	31.33
1978	34.40
1979	34.54
1980	28.72
1981	32.73
1982	37.85
1983	42.58
1984	44.81
1985	46.73
1986	47.58
1987	49.20
1988	49.46
1989	49.49
1990	44.86
1991	43.91
1992	39.89
1993	42.54
1994	42.30
1995	40.67
1996	45.91
1997	49.29
1998	53.17
1999	49.19
2000	45.87
2001	48.76
2002	48.34
2003	38.38
2004	38.92
2005	40.97
2006	42.60
2007	40.25
2008	36.62
2009	62.05
2010	53.81
2011	47.01
2012	55.89
2013	54.39
2014	57.87
2015	65.08
2016	71.32
2017	69.91
2018	66.95
2019	70.45
2020	81.17

Broad money to total reserves ratio

Broad money to total reserves ratio in Trinidad and Tobago was 2.52 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 14.90 in 1988, while its lowest value was 0.64 in 1980.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.

Year	Value
1960	4.92
1961	5.00
1962	5.64
1963	6.25
1964	4.97
1965	5.39
1966	5.79
1967	5.99
1968	3.66
1969	4.64
1970	5.68
1971	4.42
1972	6.46
1973	8.93
1974	1.34
1975	0.85
1976	0.75
1977	0.66
1978	0.68
1979	0.73
1980	0.64
1981	0.68
1982	0.99
1983	1.56
1984	2.53
1985	3.01
1986	4.61
1987	11.03
1988	14.90
1989	7.98
1990	4.43
1991	6.52
1992	11.41
1993	8.70
1994	5.61
1995	5.72
1996	4.69
1997	3.91
1998	4.02
1999	3.48
2000	2.67
2001	2.24
2002	2.13
2003	1.75
2004	1.62
2005	1.31
2006	1.18
2007	1.29
2008	1.08
2009	1.35
2010	1.30
2011	1.20
2012	1.54
2013	1.46
2014	1.39
2015	1.64
2016	1.69
2017	1.87
2018	2.09
2019	2.36
2020	2.52

Broad money growth (annual %)

The value for Broad money growth (annual %) in Trinidad and Tobago was 7.12 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 34.65 in 1982 and a minimum value of -6.91 in 1992.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.

Year	Value
1961	13.27
1962	-0.04
1963	16.65
1964	-2.89
1965	3.33
1966	11.84
1967	6.95
1968	14.78
1969	14.70
1970	17.71
1971	24.01
1972	19.31
1973	13.82
1974	30.36
1975	29.43
1976	34.21
1977	26.65
1978	24.64
1979	29.73
1980	12.64
1981	27.79
1982	34.65
1983	7.29
1984	5.15
1985	1.22
1986	-2.73
1987	3.47
1988	0.61
1989	6.37
1990	6.24
1991	2.53
1992	-6.91
1993	15.25
1994	16.66
1995	3.96
1996	23.19
1997	11.33
1998	14.49
1999	4.23
2000	11.69
2001	13.82
2002	1.45
2003	0.39
2004	19.20
2005	26.69
2006	19.73
2007	11.61
2008	16.44
2009	17.25
2010	1.02
2011	0.79
2012	20.83
2013	3.21
2014	7.20
2015	1.13
2016	2.79
2017	-0.36
2018	1.17
2019	2.88
2020	7.12

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Monetary holdings (liabilities)