BANK OF JAMAICA

JAMAICA IN FIGURES

FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION

(End of Period)

(Commercial Bank Terminals only)

(Commercial Bank Accounts only)

Building Societies

Credit Unions

Stock Market

Automatic Teller Machines (ATM)

Point of Sale (POS) Terminals

No. of InstitutionsNo. of BranchesAssets and Liabilities (J$Bn.)Savings Fund (J$Bn)Loan Balances (J$Bn.)Savings Rate (WeightedAverage)Mortgage Rate (WeightedAverage)Loans Rate (WeightedAverage)

No. of InstitutionsMembershipAssets and Liabilities (J$Bn.)Savings Fund (J$Bn)Loan Balances (J$Bn.)

IndexMarket Capitalization (J$Bn.)

Number of TerminalsNumber of Machines per

100,000 inhabitantsAverage Value of each Transaction (J$)Value of Withdrawals (J$mn.)*Total Debit Cards in Circulation (J$ Cards)Total Credit Cards in Circulation (J$ Cards)

Number of TerminalsNumber of Terminals per 100,000

InhabitantsValue of Transactions (J$mn.)Average Value of each Transaction (J$)

2007

12.6012.65

48925,617

44.2834.4130.98

107,968.06876.69

378

11,319

42377,591.95,171.2

145,002.1

139,192.51,389,860

175,876

445

123.5684.3858.985.26

2008

12.5612.56

48970,387

50.7139.5434.83

80,152.03597.28

405

12,468

46497,531.85,608.6

154,747.8

172,902.11,534,553

190,432

447

139.2493.2976.106.08

Jamaica in FiguresPublished by the Bank of JamaicaP.O. Box 621Kingston

Telephone: (876) 922 0750-9Fax: (876) 967 4265

Website: www.boj.org.jmEmail: library@boj.org.jm

Sources

Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN)Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ)Ministry of Finance (MOF)

Bank of Jamaica (BOJ)

2008

+Revised

2006

13.8813.85

48796,587

36.9029.1124.90

100,677.99822.86

372

144,593.3

105,935.81,178,022

166,625

13,609

51155,642.83,469.1

447

106.2273.5944.045.39

2006

2,317.55

15.9542,347.33

77,619.46181,230.22

12.384.88

67.1557.53

131.5388.33

10.9433.560.34

5.58.1

11.6511.8012.00

--

12.31

-1,182.9-9.9

-2,943.42,133.6

113.31,040.5

89.713.432.141.0

5,077.0627.6

-615.71,748.61,769.4

-27.71,210.6-230.1

2007+

1,877.73

10.6247,255.13

89,337.47202,565.61

11.834.85

70.6271.39

140.32103.99

11.2335.330.35

16.815.6

11.6511.8012.00

-13.46

13.34

-2,038.2-15.6

-3,841.32,362.6

112.91,194.0

100.39.2

31.845.7

6,203.9424.8

-661.62,039.91,964.3

-35.52,073.7

439.8

2008

1,772.94

8.4749,069.03

91,017.87210,583.10

12.365.13

80.4765.54

116.84113.08

12.8040.140.40

16.816.6

17.0020.0021.50

-24.00

24.45

-3,038.0-21.8

-5,046.92,499.9

114.91,235.0

104.30.0

28.143.77

7,546.8427.6

-568.32,149.632,021.5

18.13,019.9

104.8

BANK OFJAMAICA(End of Period)Net International Reserves (US$mn)Gross Reserves in Weeks of Imports(Goods & Services)(Actual)Currency in Circulation (J$mn.)

M1(local currency only)M2(local currency only)Velocity of Money Supply (M1)Velocity of Money Supply (M2)

International CurrenciesUS$1.00 = J$CAN$1.00 = J$UK 1.00 = J$Euro 1.00 = J$

Caribbean CurrenciesT&T $1.00 = J$Bds.$1.00 = J$Guyana$1.00 = J$

HeadlineCore

30-day90-day

180-day270-day365-day

Money Supply (J$mn.)End of Period

Exchange Rates

Inflation Rates

OMO Interest Rates (End Period %)**

Treasury BillYield (%)

(End of Period)

L

(Annual point-to-point %)*

(End of period) 6-Month

Balance of Payments (US$Mn.)Current Account

Goods BalanceExports

ImportsServicesIncomeCurrent Transfers (net)

% of GDP

o/w BauxiteAluminaSugarBananasCoffeeRum

o/w Remittances (gross)Capital AccountFinancial AccountChange in Reserves (- = increase)

TOURISM

DEMOGRAPHIC STATISTICS

PRODUCTION OF GOODS & SERVICES

PUBLIC DEBT

FISCAL OPERATIONS

Total Visitor Arrivals (’000)Estimated Visitor Expenditure (US$mn)

Population (Avg.)Labor Force (Avg.)Net Migration (Arrivals - Departures)Crude Birth Rates (% per ‘000 pop.)Crude Death Rates (% per ‘000 pop.)Unemployment Rate (Avg. %)

MaleFemales

Real Gross Domestic Product Growth (% )Per Capita GDP (J$)(current prices)

(US$ equivalent)

Fiscal Balance (J$mn)% GDP

Primary Balance (J$mn)% GDPTotal Public Debt (J$mn)% GDPPer Capita Public Debt (J$’000)

% of GDP (Calendar year)

Savings Rate (WeightedAvg. %)Loan Rate (WeightedAvg. %)

Government Finance***

Medium & Long Term PublicAnd Publicly GuaranteedExternal Debt (US$Mn.)

Commercial Banks

Near Banks (FIAs)

No. of InstitutionsNo. of BranchesAssets and Liabilities (J$Bn.)Deposits (J$Bn.)Loans (J$Bn.)Credit Card Receivables (J$Bn)Savings Rate (WeightedAvg. %)Loan Rate (WeightedAvg. %)

No. of InstitutionsNo. of BranchesAssets and Liabilities (J$Bn.)Deposits (J$Bn)Loans (J$Bn.)

*** Fiscal year:April - March e.g. 2005 =April 2005 - March 2006N/A not available+ Revised

Incidence of Poverty (%)

FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION (End of Period)

2006

3,0151,870

2,663,1001,253,075

-17,10017.46.1

10.37.0

14.514.3

2.7295,194

4,481

-36,701.2-4.5

61,116.87.5

923,124.1113.2346.6

5,795.649.4

6124

429.97282.93153.45

11.195.02

17.59

510

45.9614.0211.157.71

13.78

2007+

2,8801,910

2,675,8001,276,900

-16,00017.06.49.76.1

14.39.9

1.5333,787

4,833

-42,243.8-4.6

59,479.66.4

1,000,675.5108.1374.1

6,122.848.6

6126

490.99321.05195.1014.144.92

17.11

49

46.6417.1514.217.24

13.30

2008

2,8561,976

2,687,2001,296,125

-17,60016.76.3

10.67.3

14.6N/A

-0.9378,918

5,196

-75,321.8-6.8

49,983.54.5

1,200,322.4108.9446.7

6,343.748.7

7131

548.34333.96246.1716.885.16

16.78

35

32.7614.5210.824.29

15.69

*

**o/w

Headline inflation: measures the rate of change in the prices of a standard basket of goods and services consumed by a typicalJamaican family , as captured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI).Core Inflation: that part of the CPI inflation that is brought about by changes in monetary policy.

OMO - Open Market Operationsof which

11,424 sq. km. (4,411 sq. miles)

KINGSTON

ENGLISH

Predominantly Christian

145 km. (90 miles) south of Cuba and 161

km. (100 miles) west of Haiti. It is also

966 km. (600 miles) southeast of Miami,

Florida and is the largest of the English-

speaking Caribbean islands.

Jamaica’s first settlers were the Tainos,

formerly identified asArawaks. Jamaica’s

name is derived from the Arawak word

“Xaymaca” which means “Land of wood

and water”. Jamaica’s first European

v i s i t o r, C h r i s t o p h e r C o l u m b u s ,

representing the Spanish Crown, arrived in

1494 on his second voyage to the New

World. In 1655, a British force led by

Admiral William Penn and General

Venables conquered the island, ousting the

Spaniards. On 6 August 1962, Jamaica

became an independent country within the

British commonwealth.

Jamaica is a parliamentary democracy

within the Commonwealth. A full

parliamentary term is five years.

74.1 years

MALES 71.3 years

FEMALES 77.1 years

16.7

86.4%

Agriculture, Mining, Manufacturing,

Tourism and Financial Services.

Tourism, Bauxite,

Alumina, Sugar

Remittances,

Coffee, Bananas and

+Adult Literacy Survey last conducted in 1999 by Jamaica Movement For The

Advancement of Literacy ( JAMAL) now Jamaica Foundation For Lifelong Learning (JFLL)

Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) and

JAMAICA

AREA

CAPITAL

OFFICIALLANGUAGE

RELIGION

LOCATION

HISTORY

GOVERNMENT

LIFE EXPECTANCYAT BIRTH (2004)

INFANT MORTALITYRATE

(INFANTS DEATHS/1000 BIRTHS, 2007)

LITERACYRATE (2008)

MAJOR ECONOMIC

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