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Friday, March 25, 2011

Energy again

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FROM early last year I pointed out that Jamaican businesses were feeling inflationary pressures and that as soon as the economic recovery st...
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Friday, March 18, 2011

Inducing growth

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THIS week the PIOJ launched its plan for growth, titled "A GROWTH-INDUCEMENT STRATEGY FOR JAMAICA IN THE SHORT AND MEDIUM TERM". T...
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Friday, March 04, 2011

Oil and food price threats

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Last week I spoke to economic challenges in 2011 and businesses in particular. There are two primary reasons for this, one of which is the ...
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Friday, February 25, 2011

2011 will be a challenging year

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Last year I indicated that in 2011 we could look forward to some recovery in the global and local economy. This will be more evident in the ...
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Friday, February 18, 2011

A SWOT analysis of Jamaica's economy Part 3

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OVER the past two articles I tried to develop a simplistic SWOT analysis and demonstrate the method that should be used to target the develo...
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Friday, February 04, 2011

A SWOT analysis of Jamaica's economy Part 2

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THE article last week generated quite a bit of interest from persons in and outside of Jamaica, with many wanting a deeper breakdown of the ...
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Friday, January 28, 2011

A SWOT analysis of Jamaica's economy

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SINCE the start of the year I have received many questions (both locally and internationally) about the prospects for Jamaica's economy ...
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Friday, December 31, 2010

2011: The year of what?

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WE come to the end of another year, when it is accepted that we reflect on what happened in 2010, and make resolutions and forecasts about w...
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Friday, December 24, 2010

Time to step up our game

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One of the contradictions of Jamaica is our ability to show how great we are as a country, but still continue to suffer from low economic gr...
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Friday, December 10, 2010

Jamaica's new growth path

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MY main disappointment with the IMF projections is that there is no promise of a restructured economy once the programme is over. All it doe...
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