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Jamaica Observer: “Constraints to growth primarily on the supply side — PIOJ boss”
AT his media briefing last Monday, the new Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr Gladstone Hutchinson, announced the welcome news that compared to April 2010, the total employed labour force had increased by 21,300 persons in the May to September quarter just ended.
Jamaica Gleaner: “Jamaica slides to 81st in Doing Business rankings”
Jamaica made solid gains in cutting delays in the registration of property but still slipped two slots in the ease-of-doing business rankings to No. 81 in the latest survey released Wednesday.
Jamaica Observer: “Downgrading the rating agencies”
THE pronouncements of rating agencies continue to wield tremendous power over the ability of governments and companies to access international capital markets and the terms on which they secure financing.
Jamaica Observer: “Making the case for economic stimulus”
When we are faced with a slowdown in earnings, it is always natural to seek to reduce spending and hunker down for more difficult times. This reaction is logical when we are faced with uncertainty and is the principle behind business and consumer confidence measures.
Jamaica Observer: “S&P lowers Barbados to brink of junk”
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services lowered its rating on Barbados to the brink of junk territory, saying the island nation’s debt burden will increase at least in the next two years.
Jamaica Observer: “Only slight US economic gains expected in 2011”
THE new US Congress that begins in January will confront an American economy and a job market that will improve only slightly next year, according to an Associated Press survey of leading economists that found them gloomier than they were three months ago.
Jamaica Observer: “Jamaican banking region’s worst”
COMMERICAL banks in Jamaica ranked the worst for lending and saving amongst Caribbean nations surveyed in a new World Bank report on access to financing. When compared with 11 regional counterparts, the Jamaica institutions had the lowest lending and saving portfolios for its population size whilst Anguilla topped the list.