Jamaica : Staff Report for the 1999 Article IV Consultation.

Jamaica has achieved considerable success in reducing inflation, restructuring the financial system after the crisis in 1995-96, and further liberalizing the economy through tariff reduction and privatization. The government is urged to strengthen its efforts to put the economy on a less vulnerable...

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Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000.
Series:IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2000/008
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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Summary:Jamaica has achieved considerable success in reducing inflation, restructuring the financial system after the crisis in 1995-96, and further liberalizing the economy through tariff reduction and privatization. The government is urged to strengthen its efforts to put the economy on a less vulnerable path by a stronger fiscal adjustment supported by wage restraint, a more market-determined exchange rate, and an acceleration of structural reforms. The significant progress in structural reform made over recent years as well as the government's determination to continue is commendable.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (61 pages)
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ISSN:1934-7685
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