Lynford Simpson The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved the suspension of Jamaica’s fiscal rules until March 2021 as a result of the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Finance an...
Government's move to gradually reopen the economy at this time - amid the coronavirus pandemic - has drawn mixed reactions from locals. The Holness administration has emphasised that reopening...
The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is reporting that the economy contracted by an estimated 1.7 per cent for the January to March 2020 quarter, relative to the corresponding period last year. ...
As some countries across the globe grapple with new increases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) due to the reopening of their economies, Jamaica's Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenz...
The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) says it expects that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) will be largely contained by June 2020. The forecast was announced by BOJ Governor Richard Byles, who presented on th...
By David Gumbs, James Fletcher & Justin Locke The global economy is on lockdown and the predictions are staggering. And, there is one regional economy where the long-term realities of the coron...
By Lynford Simpson Finance and Public Service Minister, Dr Nigel Clarke, has acknowledged the importance of the informal economy to economic growth but has stressed that more needs to be done to ge...
The fallout from the coronavirus crisis has created a massive $120 billion hole in the Budget, Finance and Public Service Minister Dr Nigel Clarke has announced. Clarke has projected that tax ...
Jamaica may have only a minuscule number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in relation to many countries like the United States, but still the island is being used as a cautionary tale for the US and ot...
From India to Argentina, untold millions who were already struggling to get by on the economic margins have had their lives made even harder by pandemic lockdowns, layoffs and the loss of a chance to ...