"The All Jamaica ‘All Divisions’ Consumer Price Index for the month of
December 2011 was 178.2 representing an inflation rate of 0.4 percent. The
increase in the index recorded for December was similar to that registered in
the month of November. "
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The Producer Price Index (PPI) for the Mining and Quarrying
industry for the month of October registered a decline of 3.3 per cent. In
contrast, there was an advance of 0.3 per cent in output prices for producers
within the manufacturing industry .
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The Jamaican economy grew by 0.6 per cent for third quarter ending
September 2011 when compared to similar quarter in 2010.
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Jamaica’s total expenditure on imports during January to August 2011 was valued
at US$4,323.9 million, compared to US$3,354.7 million in the same period of 2010
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Total Labour Force in October 2011 was 1,249,500, an increase
of 9,400 (0.8%) compared with 1,240,100 persons in October 2010. The 1,089,800
persons Employed in October 2011 showed little change from the 1,091,100 in
October 2010. The number of Unemployed persons in October 2011 was 159,700, an
increase of 10,700 (7.2%) over the 149,000 in October 2010
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"Thank you for participating in the Population and Housing Census 2011. We have completed the fieldwork exercise and are presently processing the data. A preliminary report will be published April 2012."