Caribbean Investment IQ December 2013 | Page 8

Kris Sookdeo Analyst II (Research) [email protected] Subira Toppin Analyst II (Research) [email protected] Developed Markets The global economy was highly reactive to the developments in the US, particularly the partial shutdown of the government. A temporary solution was finally arrived at on 17 October with the new bill allowing the US federal government to continue meeting its obligations until 15 January 2014, while extending the debt limit to February 2014. This is likely to create some further volatility in early 2014. United States Economic & Fixed Income Review & Outlook Economic recovery in the United States continued during the second and third quarters of 2013, registering quarterly growth of 2.5% and 2.8% respectively (growth in the first quarter, initially reported at 2.5%, was subsequently revised downwards t