PNP slams injunction blocking Clarendon takeover bid, vows legal fight
Source: Jamaica Observer
🇯🇲 Jamaica: market & economy news today
The latest market, economy, central-bank, policy and company stories from Jamaica, updated every 15 minutes. Last updated 19 October 2026.
Jamaica investor snapshot
| GDP growth (2025) | 0.1% | Slow growth. |
| Inflation (2025) | 4.0% | Above the usual central-bank targets. |
| Unemployment (2025) | 3.3% | Low: the job market is tight. |
| GDP per person (2025) | $8,003 | Average output per person: a rough measure of how wealthy a country is. |
| Current account (2024) | +3.1% of GDP | Surplus: earns more from abroad than it spends. |
Latest official annual figures from World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0). Context, not a forecast or financial advice.
Latest stories
What Juliet Holness’s election could mean
Source: Jamaica Observer
UN chief urges nations to end ‘war on nature’
Source: Jamaica Observer
Forex: $159.17 to one US dollar
Source: Jamaica Observer
JC appeals ISSA sanctions over Jamone Lyle, says procedure was unfair
Source: Jamaica Observer
Forex: $159.81 to one US dollar
Source: Jamaica Observer
Seprod shareholders approve stock split, share issuance
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IMF upgrades 2026 growth forecast, but warns of ‘split’ outlook
Source: Jamaica Observer
IMF slightly raises forecast for 2026 global growth to 3.1%, citing ‘resilience’ to shocks
Source: Jamaica Observer
Jamaican woman charged with voting illegally in US general election
Source: Jamaica Observer
Oil rises as Trump comments roil energy markets
Source: Jamaica Observer
By-election breach
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Policymakers take on energy shock, rising debt at IMF-World Bank meetings
Source: Jamaica Observer
Mayor declares war on litterbugs
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Trump appoints ‘devoted fan’ Katie Zacharia as press secretary
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UEFA president Ceferin to stand for re-election in 2027
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Low water inflows disrupt supply to several Kingston communities
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JCA election set for Sabina Park Today
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Forex: $159.78 to one US dollar
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IMF preparing El Nino assistance, ‘concerned about food security’
Source: Jamaica Observer
Paramount completes Warner Bros takeover, creating Skydance
Source: Jamaica Observer
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