What are Jamaica’s foreign reserves and why do they matter now?

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June 12, 2026

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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s dollar has held steady through an oil shock and a hurricane.

That is not an accident.

It is, in large part, the result of a financial cushion most Jamaicans rarely think about until pressure builds: the country’s foreign reserves.

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