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Economic Highlights 2021-10-12T11:08:45-05:00

Economic Statistics​

307, 2018

Industrial producer prices up 0.8% in euro area

July 03, 2018 According to the latest report published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, “In May 2018, compared with April 2018, industrial producer prices rose by 0.8% in the euro area

307, 2018

Overseas Headlines- July 3, 2018

Date: July 3, 2018  United States:  Investment-Grade Bond Investors Brace for a Rising Tide of M&A The U.S. corporate bond market is bracing for a flood of supply from mergers and acquisitions in the second

207, 2018

Overseas Headlines- July 2, 2018

United States: Trade War Winner Is Who Loses Least as U.S. Duties Loom U.S. President Donald Trump’s assertion that trade wars are “good, and easy to win” is fake news if economists are to be

2906, 2018

Overseas Headlines– June 29, 2018

Date: June 29, 2018  United States: Beaten-Up U.S. Corporate Debt Is Enticing Few Bargain Hunters Blue-chip corporate bonds are on track to be the worst-performing U.S. asset class this year, and money managers caution that it

2806, 2018

U.S. real GDP increases 2% for Q1 2018

Real GDP grew for the first quarter of 2018 at an annual rate of 2% based on the third estimate by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The fourth quarter of 2017 yielded an increase of

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J$ Millions Provisional –Apr-Dec 2019 Budget – Apr-Dec 2019
Revenue & Grants 519,008.10 516,842.80
Fiscal Balance (Surplus +/ Deficit -) 12,267.00 4,880.80
Primary Balance (Surplus +/ Deficit -) 117,918.60 112,654.40