Economy doing well - CBJ chief

AMMAN (JT) -- Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) Governor Umayya Toukan announced on Tuesday that a committee will be formed to issue periodic reports on the country's economic, fiscal and monetary conditions. He told a round-table dialogue with journalists from the Jordan News Agency, Petra, that the reports aim at providing accurate information on the country's economic performance, noting that citizens may be misled by unsubstantiated statements that sometimes get published without scientific analyses, studies and figures. According to Toukan, Jordan's economic performance for the first half of this year was "good, the future is promising and economic indicators are positive". "But there is the question of inflation, in particular, which needs to be dealt with," he said. "We will contain inflation by using all available fiscal... [read full story]