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Why S&P punished Jamaica
why_sp_punished_jamaica_tn.jpg A voluntary initiative by private sector financial interests to exchange higher yielding government debt instruments, for lower-yielding, but longer tenure instruments, to help the ailing Jamaican economy, may have backfired with the rating agency S&P interpreting this as a "distressed debt" call.
 
PSOJ offers P.M. strong support
psoj_offers_p_tn.jpg Jamaica's top private sector leaders have offered to partner with the Jamaican government to help alleviate a deepening financial crisis.
 
Jamaica slams S&P's downgrade
minister_of_finance.jpgBoth Jamaica’s Finance Minister and the Jamaica Securities Dealers Association have slammed credit rating agency Standard and Poors for its downgrade of the island’s long-term credit rating from B- to triple C Plus.



 
IMF pact will not erase social gains
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Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding has assured young people attending the inaugural “Future Leaders Jamaican Diaspora Conference” in Kingston that the impending IMF agreement will not erase social gains made over many decades.




 
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