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Dec 14, 2021 · Global and local inflation continue to weigh heavily on Jamaica's economic recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, Keith Duncan, co-chair o...
Oct 2, 2021 · Annual inflation, as measured by Statin, was tracking at 6.1 per cent at the end of August. huntley.medley@gleanerjm.com. The 14.2 per cent rate of expansion in the Jamaican economy for the April to June quarter this year, as announced by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica, is being hailed by the Government as a significant achievement in the ...
Dec 20, 2021 · Summary ofMonetary Policy Discussion and DecisionDecember 2021. Bank of Jamaica’s Monetary Policy Committee (“MPC/the Committee”) sets monetary policy to meet the inflation target of 4.0 per cent – 6.0 per cent, as outlined by the Minister of Finance in April 2021. At its meetings on 16 and 17 December 2021, the MPC noted that inflation ...
in an inflationary environment. Against this background, inflation actually takes money out of our pockets; it robs us by reducing the amount of goods we can purcha. e with a given amount of money.By the same token, too much inflatio. can slow down economic growth. High inflation increases the risk p.
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Apr 15, 2024 · Overview. Jamaica has been a highly indebted economy for decades. Since 2013, the government (GOJ) has successfully implemented fiscal consolidation measures, reducing the public debt-to-GDP ratio by more than 60 percentage points to 75.5 percent in 2023 – the lowest level in 25 years. Prudent macroeconomic management, anchored in debt ...
Feb 8, 2023 · Headline inflation at October 2022, as reported by STATIN, was 9.9%, which continued to trend above the upper limit of the Bank's inflation target of 4 to 6%. This outturn was also higher than the inflation rate of 7.3% at December 2021 but has been declining slowly since April 2022 when it was 11.8%. While some of the key drivers of headline ...
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In 2022, Jamaica’s economy continued towards a full recovery from the fallout of the pandemic. This was, however, tempered by high inflation which presented policymakers with the difficult trade-off of taming price increases against slowing the pace of the recovery. Government’s fiscal position remained positive during fiscal year (FY) 2022/23.
