Date: October 11, 2019 GraceKennedy Limited (GK) has advised that on Monday, October 7, 2019, it officially opened its brand new Grace/La Fe Facility in Woodbridge, New Jersey. The facility, which cost the Company some US$5M, will drive increased operating facilities and reduce costs, while having the teams centrally located under one roof. Analyst
October 11, 2019 United States: U.S. Payrolls Revisions Are More Reliable, Fed Study Shows “Revisions to monthly U.S. payrolls figures have become more reliable over the short term while those on industrial production have become less so, according to a Federal Reserve study that finds that policy makers could build such evolutions into their real-time
Date: October 10, 2019 Daily Market Summary 10.10.2019 Analyst Certification -This research report is for information purposes only and should not be construed as a recommendation. Each research analyst (s) also certify that no part of their compensation was, is, or will be, directly or indirectly, related to the specific recommendation (s) or view (s)
Date: October 10, 2019 The Limners and Bards Limited (LAB) has advised that a Director and a Senior Officer sold a total of 3,512,638 LAB shares and that two Senior Officers purchased a total of 702,809 LAB shares. These transactions were conducted during the period August 5 to 21, 2019. Analyst Certification -This research
Date: October 10, 2019 Scotia Group Jamaica Limited (SGJ) has advised that on October 7, 2019, two Officers sold a total of 22,381 SGJ shares held under the Employee Share Ownership Plan of the Company. Analyst Certification -This research report is for information purposes only and should not be construed as a recommendation. Each
Date: October 10, 2019 Sagicor Group Jamaica Limited (SJ) has advised that a connected party sold 9,401,170 SJ shares on September 26, 2019. Analyst Certification -This research report is for information purposes only and should not be construed as a recommendation. Each research analyst (s) also certify that no part of their compensation was,
October 10, 2019 “The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) remained unchanged in September on a seasonally adjusted basis after rising 0.1% in August. Over the past year, the all items index rose 1.7% before seasonal adjustment. The all items index increased 1.7% over the last 12 months ending September, a similar rise
Date: October 10, 2019 Net International Reserves- September 2019 Jamaica’s Net International Reserves (NIR) totaled US$3,098.05 million as at September 2019, reflecting an increase of US$161.60 million relative to the US$2,936.45 million reported as at the end of August 2019 (see figure 1). Changes in the NIR resulted from an increase in Foreign Assets of
October 10, 2019 United States: U.S. Consumer Prices Trail Forecasts as Used-Car Costs Drop “A key measure of U.S. consumer prices rose by less than expected in September as used-car costs fell by the most in a year, potentially bolstering the case for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates for the third time in
October 9, 2019 The Bureau of Labour Statistics reported that, “the number of job openings was little changed at 7.1 million on the last business day of August.” In addition, for August, hires and separations changed to 5.8 million and 5.6 million, respectively. Regarding quits rate and layoffs and discharge rate, these were little changed
