BOJ reduces cash reserve requirement for banks

3:27 pm, Thu May 16, 2019

The Bank of Jamaica has further reduced the cash reserve requirement for commercial banks.

It is now at seven per cent.

It was previously at nine per cent.

The reduction means banks will have an additional $12 billion for lending.

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