February 22, 2022/United Capital Plc Fastest economic growth since 2014; economy expands 3.4% in FY-2021 Last week, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) published its FY/Q4-2021 GDP estimates. According to the report, Q4-2021 GDP expanded by 4.0% y/y, representing the fifth consecutive quarterly y/y growth, affirming the economy’s recession woes […]
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Where South Africans Are Putting Their Retrenchment Pay-Outs
February 21, 2022/PR Wire South Africans are looking beyond the sea when deciding where to put their cash and a multi-asset global note is becoming a more popular choice. “What makes offshore investing so attractive is that no matter where the Rand stands against the dollar or how it fluctuates, […]
Jamaica Works to Maintain its Hard-won Economic Stability
Negril, one of Jamaica’s largest and most rapidly expanding resort towns. (Photo: Rock Staar, Unsplash) IMF COUNTRY FOCUS IMF Western Hemisphere Department February 22, 2022/IMF Prior to the pandemic, Jamaica had successfully stabilized the economy, turning a fiscal deficit of 11 percent of GDP in 2009 into a 1 percent surplus […]
