01612cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF003473 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451820140 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Jamaica : Interim Staff Report Under Intensified Surveillance. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005. 1 online resource (25 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper reviews the Interim Staff Report Under Intensified Surveillance for Jamaica. The authorities have reaffirmed their objective of balancing the budget in FY 2005/06, while recognizing that this now poses a greater challenge. The IMF staff now estimates that measures in the range of 2.5-3.0 percent of GDP would be required to meet this goal, compared with the IMF staff's estimate of 1.7 percent of GDP at the time of the 2004 Article IV consultation. The room to maneuver in monetary and exchange rate policy remains constrained by the debt overhang. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2005/061 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2005/061/002.2005.issue-061-en.xml IMF e-Library