Private sector groups worried at slide in local currency
Apr 04, 2013
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Two private sector organisations are warning that the Jamaican economy is nearing crisis level amid concerns of a rapid slide in the local currency.
At the end of trading on Tuesday, the US dollar was being sold at a record J$99.08. At the start of the year, the US dollar was trading just above the J$93 mark.
The Jamaica Manufacturers Association (JMA) said the private sector is increasingly worried about the movement in the exchange rate especially since there is no sign that the slide will soon end. It warned that the price of goods will continue to move up.
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