LEADER 06914oam 22014054 450 001 9910828274003321 005 20240405012221.0 010 $a1-4983-6886-7 010 $a1-4983-2214-X 010 $a1-4983-5524-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000001341528 035 $a(EBL)1760088 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001398965 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11790773 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001398965 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11446580 035 $a(PQKB)11432891 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1760088 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1760088 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10904707 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL634073 035 $a(OCoLC)886115004 035 $a(IMF)1JAMEE2014002 035 $a(IMF)1JAMEA2014002 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001341528 100 $a20020129d2014 uf 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJamaica : $eStaff Report for the 2014 Article IV Consultation and Fourth Review under the Extended Arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility and Request for Modification of Performance Criteria 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cInternational Monetary Fund,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (123 p.) 225 1 $aIMF Staff Country Reports 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4983-2494-0 311 $a1-322-02822-2 327 $aCover; CONTENTS; CONTEXT: A STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINED AND EQUITABLE GROWTH; BOXES; 1. Achievements in the First Program Year; AN EMERGING RECOVERY AMID SHRINKING FISCAL AND EXTERNAL IMBALANCES; AN IMPROVING OUTLOOK; BUT WITH SALIENT DOWNSIDE RISKS; THE GOALS OF THE REFORM AGENDA; A. A Path Toward Sustained Growth and Competitiveness; B. Creating Jobs and Addressing Social Inequalities; C. Entrenching Fiscal and Debt Sustainability; 2. Episodes of Large Debt Reduction in Smaller States-Benchmarking the Ongoing Debt Reduction in Jamaica; D. Fortifying the Framework for Monetary Policy 327 $aE. Institutionalizing Sound Financial IntermediationAN ON-TRACK PROGRAM; STATISTICS; STAFF APPRAISAL; FIGURES; 1. Recent Economic Developments; 2. Fiscal Developments; 3. Financial Sector Developments; 4. Public Debt; TABLES; 1. Selected Economic Indicators; 2. Summary of Central Government Operations (In millions of Jamaican dollars); 3. Summary of Central Government Operations (In percent of GDP); 4. Operations of the Public Entities; 5. Summary Balance of Payments; 6. Summary Accounts of the Bank of Jamaica; 7. Summary Monetary Survey; 8. Structural Program Conditionality 327 $a9. Quantitative Performance Criteria10. Indicators of Fund Credit, 2014-25; 11. Schedule of Reviews and Purchases; ANNEXES; I. Jamaica--Risk Assessment Matrix; II. Jamaica--Debt Sustainability Analysis; III. Jamaica's External Stability, Exchange Rate, and Competitiveness Assessment; IV. Assessing Reserve Adequacy; V. Constructing a High-Frequency Economic Growth Indicator for Jamaica; APPENDIX; I. Letter of Intent; Attachment I. Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies; Attachment II. Technical Memorandum of Understanding; CONTENTS; FUND RELATIONS; RELATIONS WITH THE WORLD BANK 327 $aRELATIONS WITH THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANKSTATISTICAL ISSUES 330 3 $aThis 2014 Article IV Consultation highlights that a gradual economic recovery appears to be under way in Jamaica. Growth is estimated at 0.9 percent in FY2013/14, as mining, agriculture, and tourism picked up. Recorded unemployment remains high, but fell from 16 percent to 13.5 percent (in seasonally adjusted terms) from April 2013 to January 2014. Inflation declined to 7.6 percent (year over year) at end-April, as the impact of the ongoing depreciation of the exchange rate was countered by weak domestic demand. Growth is projected to reach almost 1½ percent in 2014?2015, as the negative fiscal impulse comes to an end. 410 0$aIMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ;$vNo. 2014/169 606 $aEconomic indicators$zJamaica 606 $aFiscal policy$zJamaica 606 $aEconomic development$zJamaica 606 $aExports and Imports$2imf 606 $aMacroeconomics$2imf 606 $aMoney and Monetary Policy$2imf 606 $aPublic Finance$2imf 606 $aIndustries: Financial Services$2imf 606 $aDebt$2imf 606 $aDebt Management$2imf 606 $aSovereign Debt$2imf 606 $aPublic Enterprises$2imf 606 $aPublic-Private Enterprises$2imf 606 $aFiscal Policy$2imf 606 $aInternational Lending and Debt Problems$2imf 606 $aMonetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General$2imf 606 $aNational Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General$2imf 606 $aPublic finance & taxation$2imf 606 $aCivil service & public sector$2imf 606 $aInternational economics$2imf 606 $aMonetary economics$2imf 606 $aFinance$2imf 606 $aPublic debt$2imf 606 $aPublic sector$2imf 606 $aExternal debt$2imf 606 $aFiscal consolidation$2imf 606 $aCredit$2imf 606 $aEconomic sectors$2imf 606 $aFiscal policy$2imf 606 $aExpenditure$2imf 606 $aDebts, Public$2imf 606 $aFinance, Public$2imf 606 $aDebts, External$2imf 606 $aExpenditures, Public$2imf 607 $aJamaica$2imf 615 0$aEconomic indicators 615 0$aFiscal policy 615 0$aEconomic development 615 7$aExports and Imports 615 7$aMacroeconomics 615 7$aMoney and Monetary Policy 615 7$aPublic Finance 615 7$aIndustries: Financial Services 615 7$aDebt 615 7$aDebt Management 615 7$aSovereign Debt 615 7$aPublic Enterprises 615 7$aPublic-Private Enterprises 615 7$aFiscal Policy 615 7$aInternational Lending and Debt Problems 615 7$aMonetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General 615 7$aNational Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General 615 7$aPublic finance & taxation 615 7$aCivil service & public sector 615 7$aInternational economics 615 7$aMonetary economics 615 7$aFinance 615 7$aPublic debt 615 7$aPublic sector 615 7$aExternal debt 615 7$aFiscal consolidation 615 7$aCredit 615 7$aEconomic sectors 615 7$aFiscal policy 615 7$aExpenditure 615 7$aDebts, Public 615 7$aFinance, Public 615 7$aDebts, External 615 7$aExpenditures, Public 676 $a338.9 801 0$bDcWaIMF 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828274003321 996 $aJamaica$92610030 997 $aUNINA