Jamaica Gleaner Business published: Thursday | August 21, 2003
Dollar fall boosts inflation BoJ
THE BANK of Jamaica (BoJ) has projected the island's inflation rate to reach a high of 13 per cent during the current fiscal year, the first time in seven years that it would have reached the dreaded double digit.
Stocks drop on HP earnings
NEW YORK (AP): SLUGGISH EARNINGS from Hewlett-Packard pressured Wall Street yesterday, although losses were limited as investors remained largely optimistic about a speedy economic recovery.
