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And what have they done since then? Dem mash it up! And the sad truth is,
there has been no global recession. There has been no global financial
crisis. On the contrary, global growth has been positive in the range of 2-4%
since the PNP took the reins of government. We, the JLP, had to pull the
Jamaican economy through several consecutive quarters of decline in
global GDP.
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GDP Growth
That was GDP per capita, a total disaster.
Turning to GDP growth, where did the JLP hand over the Jamaican economy
to the PNP? The JLP handed over an economy growing at a rate of 1.7%. I
repeat, 1.7%. These are not the JLP’s calculations. This is coming straight
from STATIN. Mr Speaker, the sad truth is that the Jamaican economy has
2 https://econfix.wordpress.com/2014/04/16/global-gdp-2007-2013-its-a-chinese-roadshow/