JAMAICA | Langrin's Inheritance: A Steady Rate, a Rising Price Line, and an Island Still Digging Out
Two days into the job, Jamaica’s new central bank Governor delivered an MPC decision — and set out the terms on which he intends to be judged.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 22, 2026 - Dr. R. Brian Langrin had been Governor of the Bank of Jamaica for less than forty-eight hours when he walked into the Bank’s Kingston auditorium on Thursday, 20 August, to tell the country that interest rates would not move. It was a curious debut. The most consequential number he announced was not one he had chosen.
