CaribEconCaribbean Macro Almanac
  • AG · GDP+5.0%
  • AG · Inflation1.4%
  • AW · GDP+6.8%
  • AW · Inflation0.1%est
  • BB · GDP+2.7%
  • BB · Inflation0.8%est
  • BS · GDP+3.4%
  • BS · Inflation0.4%
  • BZ · GDP+2.8%
  • BZ · Inflation1.1%
  • CW · GDP+5.0%
  • CW · Inflation2.6%
  • DM · GDP+3.0%
  • DM · Inflation2.5%
  • GD · GDP+4.4%
  • GD · Inflation0.6%
  • GY · GDP+19.3%
  • GY · Inflation3.3%
  • HT · GDP−2.7%
  • HT · Inflation28.6%
  • JM · GDP+0.1%
  • JM · Inflation4.0%
  • KN · GDP+2.7%
  • KN · Inflation1.3%est
  • KY · GDP+3.8%
  • KY · Inflation-0.6%
  • LC · GDP−0.6%
  • LC · Inflation2.0%
  • SR · GDP+1.8%
  • SR · Inflation9.2%est
  • TC · GDP+5.6%
  • TT · GDP−0.8%
  • TT · Inflation1.0%
  • VC · GDP+3.4%
  • VC · Inflation0.8%
Daily briefingJamaicaUpdated Jul 29, 2026

Robert Levy steps down as Jamaica Broilers chairman

Jamaica's real GDP expanded 0.1% in 2025, with inflation at 4.0% — the macro backdrop to today's lead story.

Jamaica Observer
Jamaica · KEY INDICATORS
GDP growth · 2025+0.1%
Inflation4.0%
Unemployment3.3%
Debt / GDP67.7%

Regional Dashboard Preview

A quick read on the Caribbean’s macro pulse across 19 economies.

Updated Jul 29, 2026

Growth Leader

Guyana

+19.3%

Real GDP growth · 2025

Resource-led expansion remains the region’s clearest outlier.

Inflation Watch

Haiti

28.6%

CPI inflation · 2025

Above the regional median as price pressures persist.

Debt Watch

Saint Vincent & the Grenadines

113.4%

Public debt / GDP · 2025f

High debt levels continue to constrain fiscal space.

FDI Leader

Guyana

US$8.6B

Net FDI inflows · 2024

Largest inflow after excluding offshore financial centres.

Fiscal Signal

Aruba

+3.7%

Fiscal balance / GDP · 2024

One of the few economies with a fiscal surplus.

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Sources: IMF WEO, World Bank WDI, UNCTAD and national sources.

The Guyana divergence

Regional real GDP indexed to 2018 — the resource boom in one line.

2018 = 100
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