Statistical Institute of Jamaica

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Consumer Price Index March 2008 Index 122.9 February 2008 Index 121.5 Inflation Rate Increase over February 2008 +1. 2 % March 2007- March 2008 +1 9 . 9 % December 2007- March 2008 + 5.2 % GDP - Rate of Growth December quarter 2007 1.3 % decline over September quarter 2007 1.2 % increase over Calendar year 2006 Unemployment Rate October 2007 - 9.4% July 2007 - 9.7% April 2007 - 9.5% January 2007 - 10.8% External Trade - Imports ('000) US $646,657 in January 2008 External Trade - Exports ('000) US $177 , 165 in January 2008 Green Paper - Quality Statistics Green Paper - Quality Statistics - Cover Gross Total Gross Domestic Product In Producers' Values, At Constant (1996) Prices CONSUMER PRICE INDEX - BROCHURE!! Call for Papers- Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions 20th Anniversary MICS REPORT		Producer Price Index February 2008 Index Mining & Quarrying - 167.5 Manufacturing - 147.0 Percentage Change Increase over January 2008 Mining & Quarrying – 0.9% Manufacturing – 1.1% February 2007 to February 2008 Mining & Quarrying – 14.2% Manufacturing – 21.8% (click for larger image)

Parish	Westmoreland
Capital	Savanna-la-mar
Size(sq.km.)	807.0
Estimated Population	143,042

Parish	Hanover
Capital	Lucea
Size(sq.km.)	450.4
Estimated Population	68,978

Parish	St. Catherine
Capital	Spanish Town
Size(sq.km.)	1,192.4
Estimated Population	492,551

Parish	St. Ann
Capital	St. Ann's Bay
Size(sq.km.)	1,212.6
Estimated Population	171,282

Parish	St. Mary
Capital	Port Maria
Size(sq.km.)	610.5
Estimated Population	113,204

Parish	Portland
Capital	Port Antonio
Size(sq.km.)	814.0
Estimated Population	81,393

Parish	Kingston & St. Andrew
Capital	Kingston & Half-Way-Tree
Size(sq.km.)	430.7
Estimated Population	658,759

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	Office Relocation in Kingston
	The Statistical Institute of Jamaica is pleased to announce that our offices were consolidated and relocated to 7 Cecelio Avenue, Kingston 10. The new telephone numbers and fax number are: Tel: (876) 926-5311 Fax: (876) 926-1138

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