KINGSTON, Jamaica - We are not as concerned as most that Jamaica hasn't yet concluded a borrowing agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). For failure to conclude a deal will further narrow our options in the financial markets and perhaps force us into a cold-turkey kicking of our borrowing habit. Our greater fear is that the Government lacks the will to implement the policies that, with or without an IMF agreement, will be necessary if Jamaica is not to be sucked irretrievably deep into a fiscal black hole around which we have thrashed for too long. The core of Jamaica's crisis is that we have become a debt junkie, which shows in our national debt that at upwards of 140 per cent of gross domestic product rivals Greece and is worse than most of Europe's other sick economies.
Related News
In keeping with the decision taken by Heads of Government at their 25th Regular Meeting in Grenada 4...
In keeping with the decision taken by Heads of Government at their 25th Regular Meeting in Grenada 4-7 July, the 18th meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of Heads of Government of the…
NATURAL DISASTER IMPACT MITIGATION: STRENGTHENING NATURAL DISASTER WARNING SYSTEMS ACROSS VULNERABLE...
The tremendous loss of life and destruction caused by the earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean region on 26 December 2004 have shocked the world at large and shattered the lives of many…
CARICOM Secretariat, IMPACS webinar focuses on ‘Youth as Agents for Change in Crime Prevention’
‘Youth as Agents for Change in Crime Prevention’ will be the focus of a webinar that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Cr

