BYLES… total revenues remain within striking distance of the budget

Co-chair

of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles, says that Jamaica would benefit from a follow-up agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), also citing the completion of the current programme as one that is critical to Jamaica’s credibility in the international community.

Giving an overview of the economic performance for the current fiscal year to January 2016 while speaking at Tuesday’s EPOC press conference, Byles also said that the year-end targets under the current IMF programme were within reach.

One of these is the primary surplus target for March which is set at $120.7 billion.

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