Janiel McEwan | The salary is not the whole problem: Jamaica’s cost-of-living crisis runs much deeper
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October 5, 2026
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A worker gets paid on a Friday afternoon. The number on the pay slip has not changed since last year. The grocery bill has. The rent has. The taxi fare from Half-Way Tree to Papine has. The JPS bill has. The school fee letter has. The insurance premium has. The doctor’s visit has.
Does that automatically mean the salary is the primary problem?
Or does it mean the household is caught between an income that is barely moving and a price structure that is moving in every direction at once?
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