With just over two months to the beginning of the 2012/13 financial year, a Supplementary Budget will be presented to reflect a downward revision in public expenditure. This was announced...

Minister of Finance, Planning and the Public Service while calming fears that  the new administration might implement policies which will generate high interest rates, advises that banks need to assist...

The Government has started preliminary talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in preparation for a fuller negotiation. This was disclosed by Minister of Finance, Planning and the Public Service,...

The latest data released by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) indicates that the inflation rate for the calendar year 2011 was six per cent, the lowest for the previous...

With an ever increasing demand to assist students to fund their tertiary studies each year, the Students Loan Bureau (SLB) continues to work assiduously to ensure that Jamaicans access the...

The Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) has indicated that most of the currency issued during December 2011 will be redeemed during January 2012. The seasonal spike of money in circulation in...

The Minister of Finance has confirmed that he has initiated steps to restart discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). A delegation from the Fund will visit Jamaica starting January...

The Net International Reserves (NIR) as at the end December 2011 stood at US$1.967 billion, an increase of some US$5 million over the November 2011 figure of US$1.961 billion. According...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has assured the local and overseas business community that her administration will pursue a tight fiscal policy, reduce the country’s debt to...

The start of the new business year, Tuesday, January 3, 2012 will see the Falmouth Tax Office operating from a new location at the Port Authority Building, 2 – 4...

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson, has commended the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for its assistance in addressing the impact of the “brain...