 In 2018, Jamaica represented the CARICOM Caribbean Community at the G20 and the G7 annual meetings.In 2019 Jamaica reported its lowest unemployment rate in 50 years.Supported by multilateral financial institutions, Jamaica has, since the early 1980s, sought to implement structural reforms aimed at fostering private sector activity and increasing the role of market forces in resource allocation Since 1991, the government has followed a programme of economic liberalisation and stabilisation by removing exchange controls, floating the exchange rate, cutting tariffs, stabilising the Jamaican dollar, reducing inflation and removing restrictions on foreign investment.