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For every US dollar Jamaica earned from merchandise exports in 2025, it spent approximately US$4.55 on imports. Tourism and remittances keep the wider structure standing. But behind the attractive façade is an economy increasingly dependent on things made somewhere else.

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Import surge reveals how deeply the island’s construction, infrastructure and housing sectors now depend on Chinese machinery and materials.

Jamaica must rebuild after Hurricane Melissa. But when damaged homes, schools, roads, hotels and public buildings all compete for the same cement, steel, trucks and skilled hands, the cost can travel far beyond the construction site—and arrive in everybody’s shopping basket, rent and mortgage.

The containers are coming. So are the costs. A sharp rise in global shipping prices could work its way from the docks into Jamaican kitchens, building sites and household budgets for months to come.

The Prime Minister has warned that artificial intelligence must never be allowed to replace the judgment, responsibility and accountability of…

Scotiabank’s parent company, the Bank of Nova Scotia, disclosed during its third-quarter earnings call on 25 August that mortgage impairments…

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Jamaica’s Prime Minister has urged Jamaica to embrace artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies without surrendering the human judgement on…

The Bank of England has held its benchmark interest rate at 3.75 per cent for the fourth consecutive meeting, meaning…

The island is unlikely to collapse, but another 12 months of disrupted energy markets could reshape household budgets, tourism, business, construction and the property market.

Fresh US and Iranian strikes have reopened the world’s most dangerous energy corridor, threatening higher fuel, food and housing costs in Jamaica—with working families likely to bear the heaviest burden.

Selling quickly in Jamaica requires more than putting up a sign, uploading a few photographs and waiting for the telephone…

Earlier in my career, retirement planning was not my main priority. Now that I am 49, I am trying to make up for lost time.

ALTRUHOMES is the latest platform promising a simpler homebuying journey—but it will not be the last