(1) The Unit shall, in collaboration with the Research and Policy Division, undertake a public debt sustainability analysis for the public sector in each financial year.
(2) In preparing a public debt sustainability analysis under subsection (1), the Unit and the Research and Policy Division shall consider —
(a) the present and forecasted stock of public debt in relation to the baseline;
(b) the forecasted growth of the economy of Saint Lucia and its vulnerability to shocks, including a negative shock to real gross domestic product growth, nominal depreciation, interest rate shock and contingent liability shock; and
(c) other factors relating to public debt sustainability analysis.
(3) The Unit shall, in relation to a public debt sustainability analysis, submit to the Director of Finance a report with —
(a) the methodology used in conducting the public debt sustainability analysis; and
(b) the results.
(4) The Director of Finance, on receipt of a report under subsection (3), shall submit the report to the Minister.