HE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned the Federal Reserve (the Fed) — the US central bank — to avoid “misjudging the policy mix” it is using to calibrate the response to runaway inflation, because of the “sizeable costs at home and negative spillovers to the global economy”. The US economy has recovered quickly from […]
THE Statistical Institute of Jamaica (Statin) is reporting that the largest increase in employment by occupation group in April 2022 was recorded for ‘Service Workers and Shop and Market Sales Workers’, which climbed by 18,500 workers to 283,900. This represents a seven percentage point increase, according to the Statistical Institute of Jamaica’s (Statin) Labour Force […]
Monkey Pox Patient Flees Hospital
Lawbreakers are to be ticketed electronically for offences committed when surveillance is implemented under the 2018 Road Traffic Act, portfolio Minister Audley Shaw has said. The announcement was made in the Lower House on Tuesday, where Shaw, the minister of transport and works, outlined a raft of new provisions under the Road Traffic Regulations, 2022, […]
“AM Best has assigned a financial strength rating of B++ (Good),” the insurance company stated in a release. According to BCIC, “The outlook assigned to this credit rating is stable. The rating reflects BCIC’s balance sheet strength, which AM Best assesses as very strong, as well as its strong operating performance, limited business profile and […]
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The sudden passing of the chief breadwinner can often throw a family into chaos, especially if there was no financial plan in place to provide for the family’s expenses. It is why Rose Miller, team lead for the JN BeWi$e Financial Empowerment Programme, is urging persons to purchase life insurance to provide protection from these […]
According to a report published by the Royal Gazette, Bermuda-based payment platform provider Powertranz and Atlanta payment security firm Bluefin are partnering to support the Jamaican JETS Multilink debit card. The companies introduced the first self-integrated contactless kiosk for the Caribbean last year with NRT kiosks. Bluefin, Powertranz and NRT teamed with Scotiabank to develop […]
