Year in review: fixed income, FX markets in 2013 — Part 2
TODAY we continue our review of the local fixed income and foreign currency market of 2013 and we look at what happened to the Jamaican dollar (JMD) vis-Ã -vis the US dollar (USD), inflation rate and the NIR.
Big Relief – No New Taxes, Says Phillips; Reform, Cutting Debt On Main Agenda
Big Relief – No New Taxes, Says Phillips; Reform, Cutting Debt On Main Agenda
Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr Peter Phillips has asserted that he harbours no intention of imposing new taxes on Jamaicans in 2014.
Year in review: fixed income, FX markets in 2013 (Part 1)
Year in review: fixed income, FX markets in 2013 (Part 1)
TODAY we re-cap the major movements in our macro-economic landscape in 2013. We will segment our analysis between the fixed income market, primary debt market and a review of interest rate movements.
Expect lower growth — IMF
Expect lower growth — IMF
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) shaved growth projections for Jamaica this year. The multilateral expects the economy to grow by 0.4 per cent this year, according to its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) published on Monday, compared to its April estimate of 0.5 per cent.