IMF gives thumbs up to Jamaica’s economic progress

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Tuesday praised the Jamaica government over its economic policies and said the island’s economic reform programme remains strong.
IMF Resident Representative, Bert van Selm, in a brief statement recalled that an IMF mission to Jamaica had indicated that policy implementation under Jamaica’s Fund-supported economic reform programme has been strong.
“Economic reforms continue to progress, and all structural benchmarks through end-August were completed on schedule, including the presentation by the government of a conceptual framework for a fiscal rule, to entrench fiscal discipline over the medium term.,” he added.