Searching for growth in a time of budget contraction
The Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) 2021/22 budget is a fiscal consolidation budget chisell...
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The Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) 2021/22 budget is a fiscal consolidation budget chisell...
The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) says it is expecting the economy to return to gr...
The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) says it is expecting the economy to return to gr...
Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica Dr Wayne Henry. (Photo via Jamaica Information Service) The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is reporting that Jamaica's Construction and Mining and Quarrying grew by an estimated 6.2 per cent and six per cent, respectively, for the October to December 2020 quarter. They were the only subsectors recording growth in the goods-producing industry, which PIOJ Director General, Dr Wayne Henry, said declined by an estimated 0.6 per cent. Overall, economic activity for the quarter contracted by about 9.4 per cent. Agriculture, Forestry and...
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) says the economy declined by 9...