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BERLIN— The euro was slightly lower against the dollar Friday as traders digested rate cuts by European central banks and looked ahead to U.S. jobs data for indications on the state of the American economy. The 15-nation euro bought $1.2773 in ...
Read moreEuro slips against dollar after rate cuts - Boston Globe
The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) is warning that the Bank of Jamaica's (BOJ) move to sharply increase interest rates on certificates of deposit will inevitably raise interest rates across the financial system, "putting more pressure ...
Read more'Interest-rate hike will pressure economy' - Jamaica Gleaner
Successive Jamaican governments seem hell-bent on following the same paths that have caused the people of this great nation continuous economic damnation. The central bank has been trying all types of fiddling with monetary policy for the last 30 ...
Read moreFiddling with the economy - Jamaica Gleaner
The Jamaican economy has been in a recession since March of this year according to official data published by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (Statin), The data showed that real gross domestic product (GDP) by quarter has declined year over year ...
Read moreJamaica in recession since '08 start - Jamaica Observer
The local cement industry is yet another victim of the global financial crisis which has seriously impacted the Jamaican economy. According to the general manager of Caribbean Cement Company (the largest supplier of cement in Jamaica) Anthony Haynes ...
Read moreCement crisis... again! - Jamaica Observer
KINGSTON, Jamaica (OPM): Prime Minister Bruce Golding, says that the Jamaican government is being vigilant with matters relating to labour and the economy at this critical time. He was welcoming listeners to his monthly radio call-in programme ...
Read moreJamaica protecting jobs and banks, says PM - Caribbean Net News
Bartlett, who was speaking at Wednesday's post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, said that despite the meltdown of the global economy, there is "still some juice in the market for us to get, and this is why we have developed this very ...
Read moreJamaica undertaking aggressive marketing campaign - Caribbean Net News
Jamaica's government plans to hire 150 scientists to help farmers boost output, more than tripling its agronomy staff by 2010. Agriculture Minister Christopher Tufton says most of Jamaica's 200,000 farmers lack formal training and technical support ...
Read moreJamaica to triple agronomy staff to boost output - Buffalo News
The letters are piling up with the usual Yuletide requests for Wiis, PlayStations, and $400 Lego Death Stars, laboriously written in children's block letters and sweetened with offers of cookies and promises to be good. But this year another, more ...
Read moreDear Santa: Times are tough - Boston Globe
ISLAMABAD: Adviser on Finance Shaukat Tareen on Thursday said that no power rate increase will be notified, as recommended by Nepra, and hinted at further devaluation of the rupee against the dollar. He also promised that there would be no mini ...
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