Finance Minister Audley Shaw is calling on banks and other lending institutions to reduce their interest rates.

Interest rates at some lending institutions are more than 15-percent. Mr. Shaw says interest rates should not exceed six percent.

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The Minister says overall, interest rates are trending down.

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Audley Shaw was speaking last evening at the launch of investment firm Sygnus in New Kingston.

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