Feb 2017 Financial News

Jamaica is first C'bean country to launch IMF-approved National Summary Data Page

Feb 15, 2017

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica has become one of the first countries globally and the first in the Caribbean to launch an IMF-approved National Summary Data Page (NSDP).

The page was launched earlier today at the Bank of Jamaica auditorium in downtown Kingston, by Brian Wynter, governor of the Bank; Carol Coy, director general of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (Statin); and Darlene Morrison, deputy financial secretary at the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service.

The NSDP provides public access to a wide range of economic, financial and socio-demographic statistics.

The page contains regularly updated economic information from the BOJ, Statin and the Ministry of Finance, and can be accessed on the websites of those three bodies.

Macroeconomic and financial information available includes data on more than 20 different areas including: Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the Consumer Price Index (CPI), Government Debt, stock market performance, foreign exchange rates, interest rates, population size and more.

The information is open to all, including journalists, international rating agencies, and the general public.

Jamaica joins 12 other countries offering this service — mainly African countries including Nigeria, Botswana and Zambia. The only other country outside of Africa to belong to the group, apart from Jamaica, is Honduras in Central America.

Source:
Jamaica Observer
Wednesday February 15, 2017

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