- The country faces some serious problems but has the potential for growth and modernization.
- The Jamaican economy suffered its fourth consecutive year of negative growth (0.4%) in 1999.
- All sectors excepting bauxite/alumina, energy, and tourism shrank in 1998 and 1999.
- This is the result of the government's continued tight macroeconomic policies, which have been largely successful Inflation fell from 25% in 1995 to single digits in 2000, reaching a multitude low of 4.3% in 2004.