KINGSTON. Jamaica - THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) lowered its 2013 growth forecast for Jamaica, with the country now projected to grow by .5 per cent, down from the one per cent estimate in October 2012.
But the country's economy should strengthen in 2014, with real GDP growth of 1.2 per cent, according to the fund in its latest edition of the World Economic Outlook (WEO).
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