The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is urging the Jamaican Government to immediately address public sector governance shortcomings to spur further economic growth.

In a report following its fifth review under the stand-by arrangement for Jamaica, the IMF said achieving higher

Jamaican households are servicing three times more debt than a decade ago.

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) is reporting that $56.60 of every $100 of household income goes towards the servicing of personal loans, the highest level mapped by the central

Jamaican exports grew by nearly 38 per cent last year, a pace that was nearly four times faster than the rise in imports.

Still at a value of US$1.88 billion, the goods that Jamaicans sell to foreign markets was less than