Bank of Jamaica

The Bank of Jamaica, established by the Bank of Jamaica Law (1960), began operations in May 1961, terminating the Currency Board System which had been in existence from 1939.

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    • Money and Capital Market-Jamaica Stock Exchange Index
      May 2021
      Source: Bank of Jamaica
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 06 September, 2022
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      Compiled from monthly trading data submitted by the Jamaica Stock Exchange. As of June 1, 2000, the Jamaica Stock Exchange began the dissemination of its three-market capitalization indices: the JSE Index, the JSE All Jamaican Composite and the JSE Select. The JSE Index (base June 30, 1969 = 100) is an index of all the equities traded on the Stock Exchange. The index is weighted by the market capitalization of each equity. The JSE Composite Index (base May 1, 2000 = 31931) is an index of All Equities of Jamaican Companies traded on the Stock Exchange. The JSE Select (base June 1, 2000 = 1000) is an index of the fifteen (15) most liquid stocks trading on the exchange based on times traded and trade volume. The composition of this index is revised on an annual basis