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Publication date: 5 September 2024 | Covering: August 2024 Monthly Briefing BOJ cuts overnight rate to 6.75 per cent effective…
Publication date: 5 August 2024 | Covering: July 2024 Monthly Briefing BOJ holds overnight rate at 7.00 per cent; easing…
Hurricane Beryl made landfall across Jamaica four days ago, devastating southern parishes and exposing the deep vulnerabilities of a housing market already strained by high rates, constrained supply and a 150,000-unit deficit. July 2024’s review examines what the storm means for buyers, renters, and the road ahead.
Publication date: 5 July 2024 | Covering: June 2024 Monthly Briefing BOJ holds overnight rate at 7.00 per cent; June…
Publication date: 5 June 2024 | Covering: May 2024 Monthly Briefing BOJ holds overnight rate at 7.00 per cent at…
Publication date: 5 May 2024 | Covering: April 2024 Monthly Briefing BOJ overnight rate holds at 7.00 per cent; February…
With the Bank of Jamaica’s rate held at 7.00% for eleven consecutive months and a new starter home programme just announced, Jamaica’s housing market in spring 2024 is poised at an inflection point. This review asks what comes next — and whether policy ambition can finally match delivery.
Publication date: 5 April 2024 | Covering: March 2024 Monthly Briefing BOJ holds overnight rate at 7.00 per cent; February…
Publication date: 5 March 2024 | Covering: February 2024 Monthly Briefing BOJ holds overnight rate at 7.00 per cent; February…
Publication date: 5 February 2024 | Covering: January 2024 Monthly Briefing BOJ overnight rate holds at 7.00 per cent; February…
Seven months at peak rates, a record tourism year and an election on the horizon: Jamaica’s housing market begins 2024 waiting for the turn that the data says is coming — but that has not yet arrived.
Publication date: 5 January 2024 | Covering: December 2023 Monthly Briefing BOJ holds overnight rate at 7.00 per cent at…
Publication date: 5 December 2023 | Covering: November 2023 Monthly Briefing BOJ holds overnight rate at 7.00 per cent; December…
Publication date: 5 November 2023 | Covering: October 2023 Monthly Briefing BOJ overnight rate holds at 7.00 per cent; inflation…
With the BOJ rate anchored at 7.00% and global monetary tightening at its most intense in a generation, Jamaica’s housing market in October 2023 is bearing the full weight of a monetary policy that has done its job — but not yet finished paying its price.