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Jamaica Gleaner: “Aid will flow to Jamaica after IMF issue resolved, says EU ambassador”
Ambassador Marco Mazzocchi Alemanni, head of the delegation of the European Commission/European Union, said a speedy resolution on issues such as tax reform and reduction of the public-sector wage bill could serve as an incentive for Jamaica’s development partners to re-engage and calm jitters among ratings agencies.
Jamaica Observer: “IMF cannot escape its responsibility”
While Jamaica waits on the current review of our economic performance by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), it is useful to look at certain myths skilfully propagated by the Fund that the targets and quantitative performance criteria are designed by the borrowing government.
The catalyst for the global market sell off was primarily the acceleration of the European debt crisis, which in the last few days of last week become a classic fear driven liquidity crisis as Italian and Spanish bond yields rose sharply, to above six per cent, on concerns over their creditworthiness.