Most in the financial sector expect interest rates to remain unchanged until at least March, which reflects a large shift among fincos, according to the latest Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Inflation Expectation Survey. When polling ended in December, 75.
Eggs, a cheaper source of protein than meat (tinned or fresh), climbed by almost nine per cent by consumer purchases in 2023. Consumption of eggs increased in Jamaica in 2023 to 254,947,500, up 8.9 per cent year-over-year. In 2022, eggs purchased.
When Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon, minister with responsibility for digital and skills transformation, heard that Jamaica hit a new record-low unemployment rate of 4.2 per cent in October 2023, she rejoiced. Making the announcement on Tuesday,.
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica’s jobs market continues to be robust with the country’s unemployment rate falling to a new record low of 4.2 per cent in October 2023. This is an improvement on the 4.5 per cent that was recorded in both April and July 2023, according to the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), in its October 2023 Labour Force Survey findings released on Tuesday. STATIN explained that the latest.