Five Things You Need to Know About Jamaica's Elections
- Government wants to cut debt levels through fiscal austerity
- Local bond market successfully reopened after 3-year hiatus
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Jamaica’s austerity policy that has brought three credit updates in the past year, is hanging in the balance. Voters must decide tomorrow whether to extend the rule of its chief advocate, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, or vote in the opposition Jamaica Labour Party that pledges higher spending to create more jobs.
Here’s what you need to know about the election: