May 06, 2021 The seasonally adjusted initial claims, advance estimate, decreased by 92,000 to 498,000, for the week ending May 1, from the prior week’s revised level, according to the U.S. Department of Labour (DOL). The prior week’s level was revised up 37,000 from 553,000 to 590,000. In comparison to the previous week’s average, the 4-week
May 04, 2021 The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis indicated that, “goods and services deficit was $74.4 billion in March, up $3.9 billion from $70.5 billion in February, revised.” March exports amounted to $200.0 billion, which was more than February exports by $12.4 billion, whereas, March imports amounted to $274.5 billion which was $16.4 billion more than February imports.
May 4, 2021 Government Operations Results for March 2021 For the period of April 2020 to March 2021, the GOJ reported Total Revenues & Grants of $575.36 billion, $1.14 billion less than the Government’s projection. This represented a decrease of approximately 12% relative to the $649.76 billion recorded for the corresponding period in 2020. ‘Capital
May 04, 2021 The graph above shows deaths reported since the previous day and the 7-day moving average As of May 2, 2021, the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) had spread across the globe to six continents, and three million people had died after contracting the respiratory virus. Cases now stand
April 29, 2021 Real gross domestic product (GDP) rose at an annual rate of 6.4% for the first quarter of 2021 according to the advance estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). However, for the fourth quarter of 2020, real GDP had a 4.3% growth. The upward movement in real GDP for the first
April 29, 2021 Portland JSX Limited (PJX) reported net gains on financial assets classified as at fair value through profit and loss of US$2.60 million compared to a gain of US$2.31 in 2020. PJX recorded a net gain on financial assets classified as at fair value through profit and loss for the fourth quarter of US$3.76 million
April 28, 2021 The advance international trade in goods recorded a deficit of $90.6 billion in March 2021, up $3.5 billion from $87.1 billion in February 2021. Exports of goods for March were $142.0 billion, $11.4 billion more than exports reported in February. Imports of goods for March amounted to $232.6 billion, $14.9 billion more
March 26, 2021 The graph above shows deaths reported since the previous day and the 7-day moving average As of April 25, 2021, the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) had spread across the globe to six continents, and three million people had died after contracting the respiratory virus. Cases now stand at
The graph above shows deaths reported since the previous day and the 7-day moving average As of April 23, 2021, the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) had spread across the globe to six continents, and three million people had died after contracting the respiratory virus. Cases now stand at 146,195,099 globally. Locally, the
April 23, 2021 For the year ended September 2020, net operating revenue for Barita Investment Limited amounted to $5.21 billion relative to $3.98 billion recorded for 2019, to reflect a 31% increase. Net profit after tax consequently grew to $2.76 billion, relative to the profit of $1.71 billion booked in 2019. Year to date, six
