September 27, 2022
A top regional economist lays out the Trinidad and Tobago fiscal budget 2022/2023, begging policy makers to make sense out of their decisions.
Marla Dukharan, in her latest Caribbean Monthly Economic Report, said: “The recent “Spotlight on the Economy” highlighted many important economic developments and data, and I thank and congratulate the Gov’t of T&T for this effort. But this exercise also revealed inconsistencies and unnecessary untruths. “Our credit rating is improving. Our revenue is increasing. Our economy is in growth mode. Inflation is being kept at bay. The fiscal accounts are almost in balance,” for example, according to the Minister of Finance.”
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