Jamaica’s poverty rate dropped to a record low of 7.8 per cent in 2024. The rate, which is the lowest on record since 1989, is down from the previous historic low of 8.2 per cent in 2023. Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry, in providing the statistics during the entity’s hybrid quarterly press conference...

Director General at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry, is projecting that it will take between three and five years for Jamaica’s economy to return to pre-Hurricane Melissa output levels. “There was significant loss of productive assets, which implies that an extended time is required to rebuild. Given that recovery from COVID-19 took two years with productive...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) says the economy is expected to return to growth in the October to December 2026 quarter, following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. Director General at the PIOJ, Dr. Wayne Henry, gave the projection during the PIOJ’s hybrid quarterly press briefing on Tuesday (November 25). He said that the economy is expected to contract...

Jamaica’s economy grew by an estimated 4.6 per cent during the July to September 2025 quarter, compared with the corresponding period in 2024. The announcement was made by Director General at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry, during a hybrid quarterly press briefing where the Institute provided preliminary estimates on the performance of the economy and poverty...

The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Market Research Competition is helping to resource the financial services sector with high-quality analysts as well as effective executives and leaders. Chief Executive Officer of the JSE, Livingston Morrison, in making the declaration, said that the efficiency of markets is directly related to the availability of information on the financial performance and position as well...

Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Audrey V. Sewell, has emphasised that the purpose of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not to replace human beings, but to empower them. In a message read by Acting Deputy Financial Secretary at the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. Deloree Staple-Chambers, at a church service to mark the start of Civil Service Week, held on...