BANK OF JAMAICA JAMAICA IN FIGURES FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION (End of Period) (Commercial BankTerminals only) (Commercial Bank Accounts only) Building Societies Credit Unions Stock Market Automatic Teller Machines (ATM) Point of Sale (POS) Terminals No. of Institutions No. of Branches Assets and Liabilities (J$Bn.) Savings Fund (J$Bn) Loan Balances (J$Bn.) Savings Rate (WeightedAverage) Mortgage Rate (WeightedAverage) Loans Rate (WeightedAverage) No. of Institutions Membership Assets and Liabilities (J$Bn.) Savings Fund (J$Bn) Loan Balances (J$Bn.) Index Market Capitalization (J$Bn.) Number of Terminals Number of Machines per 100,000 inhabitants AverageValue of eachTransaction (J$) Value ofWithdrawals (J$mn.)* Total Debit Cards in Circulation (J$ Cards) Total Credit Cards in Circulation (J$ Cards) Number of Terminals Number of Terminals per 100,000 Inhabitants Value ofTransactions (J$mn.) AverageValue of eachTransaction (J$) 2007 12.60 12.65 48 925,617 44.28 34.41 30.98 107,968.06 876.69 378 11,319 423 77,591.9 5,171.2 14 5,002.1 139,192.5 1,389,860 175,876 4 45 123.56 84.38 58.98 5.26 2008 12.56 12.56 48 970,387 50.71 39.54 34.83 80,152.03 597.28 405 12,468 464 97,531.8 5,608.6 15 4,747.8 172,902.1 1,534,553 190,432 4 47 139.24 93.29 76.10 6.08 Jamaica in Figures Published by the Bank of Jamaica P.O. Box 621 Kingston Telephone: (876) 922 0750-9 Fax: (876) 967 4265 Website: www.boj.org.jm Email: [email protected]Sources Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Ministry of Finance (MOF) Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) 2008 + Revised 2006 13.88 13.85 48 796,587 36.90 29.11 24.90 100,677.99 822.86 372 14 4,593.3 105,935.8 1,178,022 166,625 13,609 511 55,642.8 3,469.1 4 47 106.22 73.59 44.04 5.39
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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
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)
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)
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)