Remittances continue up in August

Gross remittance inflows for August this year, grew by 3.5 percent or US$6 million to US$184 million.
Total remittance out flows fell slightly from US$22.3 million to US$21.6 million and resulted in net inflows of US$162.3 million, an increase of US$6.8 million or 4.4 percent over August 2013. For the eight months to August total remittance inflows amounted to US$1.422 billion, an increase of US$54 million or 3.9 percent but outflows contracted by 14 million to $150 million and resulted in net inflows increasing by US$68 million or 5.6 percent over the similar period in 2013 to hit US$1.27 billion. The data released by Jamaica’s central bank showed.