Statistical Institute of Jamaica

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Consumer Price Index May 2008 Index 1 27. 8 April 2008 Index 12 4.8 Inflation Rate Increase over April 2008 +2.4% March 200 8 -May 2008 +3.9% December 2007-May 2008 +9.4% 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 2008 - 10.2% External Trade - Imports ('000) US $608,286 in March 2008 External Trade - Exports ('000) US $196,089 in March 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 March 2008 Index Mining & Quarrying - 166.7 Manufacturing - 150.1 Percentage Change Increase over February 2008 Mining & Quarrying – 0.5% Manufacturing – 2.2% March 2007 to March 2008 Mining & Quarrying – 13.4% Manufacturing – 22.7% (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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