KINGSTON, Jamaica December 21, 2023 - In the midst of fluctuating economic indicators, the Bank of Jamaica's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has taken a firm stand to uphold economic stability, as evidenced in their recent policy decisions.
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MONTEGO BAY, December 27, 2022 - The Africa Caribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF) 2022, held in Barbados in September is beginning to pay dividends. The Board of the African...
KINGSTON, December 16, 2022 - Jamaica and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a Staff Level Agreement that will enable the Government to access approximately US$1.7 billion under the...
Havana, Nov 2 (Prensa Latina) The economic damage of the United States blockade against Cuba to communications, information technology and telecommunications from January to July 2021 amounted to 37,520,578 dollars,...
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Octonber 5, 2022 - Standard and Poor’s Global Ratings, today, October 5, 2022, affirmed the Government of Jamaica’s Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘B+’...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, September 5, 2022 - UNIVERSITY of the West Indies (UWI) economist Dr Vaalmiki Arjoon has intimated that there is a cost of living crisis...
KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 18, 2022 - Opposition Spokesperson on Housing and Sustainable Living, Senator Dr. Floyd Morris is strongly condemning the new policy announced by the Government to stop...
Kingston, Jamaica. May 12, 2022. Opposition Spokesman on Transport, Mikael Phillips, MP, says the strike action by Air Traffic Controllers and the resulting disruption of Jamaica’s air services was preventable,...
KINGSTON, Jamaica May 12, 2022 - The Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) is projecting an increase in exports of cannabis for medicinal and therapeutic purposes during the current 2022/23 fiscal year...
Georgetown, April 21, 2022 - DPI - Guyana’s economy remains resilient in the face of global economic tensions, and is on track to seeing a 47.2 percent growth in its...
KINGSTON, APRIL 5, 2022-JIS - Remittance inflows exceeded US$3.3 billion for 2021, representing an increase over the US$2.9 billion for 2020. This is the word from Minister of State in...
KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 5, 2022 - The Bank of Jamaica (‘the Bank’) is taking a lead role in co-ordinating Jamaica’s migration from the Swift Message Type (MT) standard to the...
KINGSTON, March 22, 2022 - The Opposition PNP wants Finance Minister Dr. Nigel Clarke to apologise for misleading the nation's parliament, having accused the Parliamentary Opposition of misleading Jamaicans in...
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