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Successful IMF Test Creates Confidence - Byles
Published: Friday | March 28, 2014
Richard Byles, co-chairman of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee. - File
With Jamaica's primary balance falling by three per cent short of the Government's Budget for the end of January, it means that that fiscal indicator is under pressure, said Richard Byles, co-chairman of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC).
However, he said there was a positive aspect in that "because we are importing less, the current account looks a little better".
Published: Friday | March 28, 2014
Richard Byles, co-chairman of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee. - File
With Jamaica's primary balance falling by three per cent short of the Government's Budget for the end of January, it means that that fiscal indicator is under pressure, said Richard Byles, co-chairman of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC).
However, he said there was a positive aspect in that "because we are importing less, the current account looks a little better".
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