  In Jamaica, the latest data show a decline of 1.1 per cent in the first quarter 2010 compared with 2.2 per cent in the last quarter of 2009.   In the OECS, it is estimated that there was a decline of 4.1 per cent in the first quarter following upon a decline of 7.3 per cent in 2009.
On the domestic front Central Bank quarterly indicators suggest real GDP growth of 2.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2010 … this would sum to two quarters of GDP growth, following four consecutive quarters of decline.