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20 Sep, 2026
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Yaneek Page | Ja’s crime rate nears Costa Rica’s, but growth promise unfulfilled
There are few instances in economic life when the business community can expect a tangible return on an external shift without cutting another cheque, and the dramatic fall in Jamaica’s murder rate…
18 Sep, 2026
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Food replaces transport as inflation driver, says finance minister
Jamaica’s inflation problem has shifted from transport costs to drought-hit food prices, Minister of Finance and the Public Service Fayval Williams said on Wednesday, as she argued that the economy…
18 Sep, 2026
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Rock Solid scales staff eightfold on tank demand
Rock Solid Plastics Ltd turns out up to 150 water tanks a day from its Kingston factory and now employs 40 people, up from five when it started in 2020. The company said demand has held steady as…
18 Sep, 2026
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Insurers, dealers face recovery-plan rules as FSC consultation closes
The Financial Services Commission (FSC) closed public consultation on Wednesday on guidelines that would require insurance companies and securities dealers to keep board-approved recovery plans…
18 Sep, 2026
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Ibex cuts 1,405 Jamaican workstations, shuts half island centres
Outsourcing provider Ibex Ltd closed two of its four Jamaican delivery centres and cut 1,405 workstations from the island during the financial year to June, stripping out 37 per cent of its Jamaican…
18 Sep, 2026
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Rate-hike expectations climb from a fifth to a third among local business leaders
Jamaican business leaders expect inflation to ease to 6.8 per cent by December, even as a growing share anticipate that the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) will raise interest rates. The central bank’s July…
18 Sep, 2026
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Apple TV comes to Jamaica, and VPNs can go
Jamaican subscribers can now reach Apple TV through a storage plan that costs US$0.99 a month, less than the price of a patty, while Americans pay 15 times as much for the service on its own. The…
18 Sep, 2026
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Jamaica US$1b bond raise reflects post-Melissa confidence, says finance minister
Jamaica raised US$1 billion from the international capital markets on Wednesday at a coupon of 6.25 per cent, the lowest coupon the country has paid on an international bond. It was the…
17 Sep, 2026
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Fed defies Trump with first rate rise in 3 years
The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for the first time since 2023 in an effort to quell stubbornly-high inflation, a move that could spur a sharp response from the White…