Net International Reserves increased by $43.3 million with loan inflows provided by IMF and from the surplus funds purchased from financial system in December.
The inflows brought the net inflows to US$93.9 million for the month, moving the reserves to $2.437 billion from $2.34 at the end of November.
Reserves now amount to 33.37 in Weeks of Goods Imports, up from 31.80 weeks and 22.98 weeks in reserves of Goods & Services Imports up from 21.90 weeks from the November amounts a release from Bank of Jamaica disclosed.
Bank of Jamaica confirmed that for the December 2015 quarter the net purchase by them amounted to US$137.48 million. The intake by the bank helped to build up the reserves.
NIR climbs US$94m in December
January 12, 2016 by