IMF staff report: Jamaica’s ‘programme remains fully financed’
THERE is no doubt that the Jamaican government has finally got religion in terms of meeting Jamaica’s IMF targets. Jamaica’s sovereign credit rating was upgraded by Standard and Poor’s (S&P) to B- on September 24 (importantly, with a stable outlook) from CCC+, an important event that was essentially not covered by the local press.
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Jamaica passes IMF first quarter review
Jamaica passes IMF first quarter review
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today approved the completion of Jamaica’s first quarter review under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF).
What is really wrong with the Jamaican economy — Part 4
What is really wrong with the Jamaican economy — Part 4
LAST year, in response to a Bloomberg article about a comment by Prime Minister Simpson Miller, I wrote an article saying that Jamaica is not Greece, and as a follow up, corrected some factual errors in a Chicago Tribune article calling Jamaica the Greece of the Western Hemisphere in January.
Structural Benchmark Met – Fiscal Rule Design Submitted To IMF
Structural Benchmark Met – Fiscal Rule Design Submitted To IMF
The Ministry of Finance confirmed last week that it has presented a conceptual proposal for the design of a fiscal rule to staff of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in keeping with the August 31, 2013 deadline for its submission under the extended fund facility.