When The Time is Right


Jamaica Observer: “When the time is right”
The economic downturn that began last year has played havoc with the investment portfolios of many people and institutions. The values of both stocks and bonds have fallen significantly and it seemed as if the world was heading into not just a recession but possibly into a depression.


Jamaica Observer: “Green shoots will be purely due to government spending – Curtin”
Professor Richard Curtin, director of the University of Michigan’s famed US consumer confidence index, believes that there are “green shoots” (to use an old phrase that Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke has made popular once again), “reflecting the basic recognition that the worst of the crisis was during the last quarter of last year and the first quarter of this year”.