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📌Story of the Week

BOJ Raises Interest Rates to 6%. What Does It Mean for You?

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Jamaica’s central bank has raised interest rates to 6%, adding another pressure point for households already facing higher prices.

The Bank of Jamaica increased its policy rate from 5.5 to 6%, effective September 29.

That’s a half-percentage-point increase.

Annual inflation reached 7.9% percent in August, above BOJ’s target range of 4 to 6%...

Taking Stock

What's JN's New Managing Director Planning?

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📉The Bottom Line

Scotia raises offer to $75 per share

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NCB is lending again

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Seprod's 5 for 1 share split

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Market Recap

Jamaica Stock Exchange

JSE Combined Index +3.19%​
Junior Market Index +3.43%​
Financial Index +8.90%​
Manufacturing and Distribution Index -0.03%​
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​Most Traded​
West Indies Petroleum +0.65%​
TJH -10%​
Wigton -0.90%​
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​Biggest Gains​
R A Williams +131.25%​
Image Plus Consultants +59.13%​
Quantas Advantage +52.48%​
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​Biggest Losses​
A S Bryden -30.18%​
CAC 2000 -29.41%​
MPC Caribbean Clean Energy -27.86%

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange

Composite total +0.15%​
​Most Traded: Massy Holdings -0.88%​
​Biggest Gains: Medcorp +34.62%​
​Biggest Losses: NCB -10.61%

US markets

DOW Jones -4.29%​
S&P 500 -0.45%​
NASDAQ +1.87%​
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​(Stock market performance from Sept 1 - Sept 30 2026)​
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💲Dollars and cents

Forex

USD$1.00 = JM$158.93 (-$0.21)

CAD$1.00 = JM$114.05 (-$0.57)

GBP$1.00 = JM$213.28 (-$1.85)

EUR$1.00 = JM$184.35 (-$0.67)​
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​(Average sell rate Sept 2026)

Crypto

1 BTC = US$83,553.85 +6.40%

1 ETH = US$2,684.81 +8.80%

Gas prices

87 - $209.62 /litre (+$3.56)

90 - $217.32/litre (+$3.56)

DSL - $238.88/litre (+$2.44)

ULSD - $260.08 (+$6.50)

Coming up

Taking Stock

Tuesday, October 6, 2026 - 8pm

How can more businesses incorporate AI outside of chatbots? And what other opportunities can be explored to make money using AI? Kirk Anthony Hamilton joins us to discuss.

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