Inflation
Week in Review: A Middle East Energy Shock Reaches Caribbean Budgets as Guyana Eases Off Its Peak and West Africa Splits on Prices
The week's throughline was the price of energy - how a distant conflict is reaching grocery bills, central-bank decisions, and the money families send home.
The oil shock arrives at the meter: Caribbean electricity prices brace for Q3 pass-through
*Domestic gas prices have already risen and the BOJ projects further acceleration, with implications for transport and household budgets through September.*
Bank of Jamaica holds rate at 5.5%, warns inflation will breach six-percent ceiling
*Governor Richard Byles points to Middle East oil shock and Hurricane Melissa rebuilding spend as twin upward pressures on the inflation target through September.*