GDP grows 4.0% — the second consecutive year of recovery growth, sustaining momentum even as global conditions deteriorateInflation reaches 10.2% — the…

Construction sites reopen under COVID protocols in April as Jamaica’s property market adapts. Virtual viewings, NHT relief and BOJ rate cuts define the new normal.

Jamaica records its first COVID-19 case on March 10. By month’s end, curfews are in force, construction sites are paused, and the housing market confronts its greatest shock in a generation.

The NDX closes February 14 with near-universal participation, restructuring J$860 billion of domestic debt and opening a new chapter for Jamaica’s interest rate environment.

With a domestic debt exchange imminent and IMF negotiations advancing, Jamaica’s housing market waits as the NHT transfer debate intensifies in Parliament.

As 2013 opens, Jamaica’s housing market confronts unchanged affordability barriers, an anxious bond market, and the looming prospect of a debt management exercise.

Publication Date: November 3, 2007 | Coverage Period: October 3–November 2, 2007 | Category: Monthly Review Month in Brief The Dow Jones…