The significant potential of Jamaica's legalised medical marijuana and hemp industry is resulting in a foreign invasion, as another overseas company has entered the fray in getting provisional licences to do business here. US-based provider of hemp consumable product lines, CBD Unlimited, has received provisional approval for two licences from Jamaica's cannabis and hemp industry [...]
The Jamaica Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate for May was 0.1 per cent. This increase was largely as a result of the 1.1 per cent increase in the heavily weighted food and non-alcoholic beverages division, according to the Consumer Price Index Bulletin – May, released last Friday (July 10) by the Statistical Institute [...]
My team of deputy governors and I are happy to be here to answer any questions you may have about yesterday’s interest rate announcement and the Quarterly Monetary Policy Report (QMPR) but before I do that, let me provide some insight into what influenced our monetary policy decision. BOJ_press_briefing_speech_-_february_2020
JAMAICA’S ECONOMY AT A GLANCE QUARTERLY GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT July-September 2018 gdp q3 2018
Third Quarter GDP 2018 Press_Release
Bank of Jamaica announces its decision to hold the policy interest rate (the rate offered on overnight placements with Bank of Jamaica) unchanged at 2.00 per cent. This decision reflects the Bank’s assessment that inflation will approach the upper end of the 4.0 per cent to 6.0 per cent target by June 2019 and will [...]
KINGSTON, July 16, 2018: The All Jamaica Consumer Price Index for June 2018 increased by 0.4 per cent according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) Bulletin released today by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN). The division ‘Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels’, moved up by 1.2 per cent for the period under [...]
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SUMMARY ACCOUNTS - Fiscal Monitoring Table - FY 2018/19 (in millions of Jamaica dollars) Fiscal Stats April - June 2018
BOJ Fiscal Numbers April 2016 to February 2017 Fiscal Numbers April 2016 - February 2017
Bank of Jamaica announces that, with effect from 05 April 2017, the rate offered on its 30-day certificate of deposit, the policy rate, will be reduced to 4.75 per cent from 5.00 per cent. The adjustment to the policy rate reflects the Bank’s assessment that inflation for FY2017/18 will be within BOJ’s inflation target [...]
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