News Americas, KINGSTON, Jamaica, Tues. July 12, 2011: Jamaica’s Minister of Finance, Audley Shaw, has a date with the IMF this week.

The minister is set to meet with the International Monetary Fund’s new Regional Director, Luis Breuer on Wednesday, July 13, 2011, to discuss all outstanding issues to be considered by the IMF Board for the December and March quarter reviews.

Minister Shaw noted that the IMF fourth and fifth quarter reviews had been delayed in part due to the now concluded salary negotiations with the public sector.

Breuer will be making his first visit to Jamaica in his capacity as regional director.