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MFS weighs fresh capital for struggling associate - Jamaica Observer (opens the original)
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MFS Capital Partners is working on plans to put more capital into Capital Solutions Limited after revenue at the business fell by more than 80 per cent and it slipped into a loss. Chief Executive Officer Dino Hinds said the business, in which the group holds a 35 per cent interest, needs more capital to realise its potential. Management is considering strategies to fund it, although he did not disclose how much is needed or when the money would be secured. Capital Solutions is an investment and
BOJ to examine food-price research, Governor says - Jamaica Observer (opens the original)
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BANK of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor Brian Langrin says the central bank will examine recommendations from its own researchers for closer monitoring of food prices, but the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has not yet discussed the paper that proposed them. The answer came at Tuesday’s press briefing, a day after the BOJ raised interest rates for the first time since November 2022. Food prices are a major reason the bank has become more concerned about inflation, but the research suggests policymakers
More rate hikes possible, economist warns after BOJ move - Jamaica Observer (opens the original)
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ECONOMIST Keenan Falconer expects the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) could raise interest rates again if inflation remains high, describing Monday’s half-point increase as more aggressive than he had anticipated. “I think the BOJ’s decision to raise rates was inevitable, albeit more aggressive than I initially anticipated. Given the extent of acceleration in inflation over the last two months, I’m not surprised it has taken this proactive stance,” Falconer told the Jamaica Observer. The BOJ raised its po
SLOW RESPONSE - Jamaica Observer (opens the original)
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BANK of Jamaica (BOJ) researchers are questioning whether policymakers react too slowly when global food costs surge, after finding that increases tend to last longer but draw a slower response than oil price shocks. The finding comes ahead of the BOJ’s next monetary policy decision on September 28, with inflation at 7.9 per cent in August, above the central bank’s four to six per cent target range. The study, prepared by BOJ economists Calvin Grant, Ashaud Shirley, and Reneisha Craig, looked at
Central bank researchers call for closer watch on food shocks - Jamaica Observer (opens the original)
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BANK of Jamaica (BOJ) researchers are proposing a new system for tracking international commodity threats and closer monitoring of global food prices, arguing that Jamaica’s monetary policy machinery should distinguish between food, oil and other external price shocks rather than responding to them in the same way. Among the recommendations contained in a new BOJ working paper is the creation of a Commodity Threat Matrix to track major commodity groups separately and assess how strongly, and for
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