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Wed, 08 February 2012

Leaner budget for Jamaica Print E-mail
learner_budget_for_jamaica_tn.jpg The Jamaican government will be tabling an early supplementary budget to reflect the impact of the global recession on the debt-ridden island, whose debt is close to 120 % of Gross Domestic Product and whose fiscal deficit could well over-shoot the five and a half percent budgeted for the fiscal year.



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Last updated: 08 February 2012

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