This compilation of works consolidates five previously published works highlighting issues of relevance to the Bank, in the area of monetary policy. The compilation is one of two special research projects aimed at promoting publications on Central Banking and other identified issues, outlined as number 7.2 in the 23 core projects of the Bank’s Strategic Plan 2016/17 – 2020/21.

This compilation of working papers is not meant to be a complete source of information and knowledge on the chosen subject matter. Indeed, the works presented in this volume focus solely on the Trinidad and Tobago’s financial system and a sub-set of questions within a vast and expanding field of financial stability research. Nonetheless, the questions discussed and evidence presented in this volume may contain useful insights that might be relevant to similar financial systems like ours. The compilation is the second special research project aimed at promoting publications on Central Banking and other identified issues, outlined as number 7.2 in the 23 core projects of the Bank’s Strategic Plan 2016/17 – 2020/21.