Private sector anticipating a job-creating 2016 budget

Vishnu Doerga

Significant reduction in government spending during the first half of last year arising out of the prorogation of Parliament and the consequential failure of the PPP/C administration to present a budget for 2015 was, arguably, the primary factor accounting for the country’s likely lacklustre economic performance, George-town Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) President Lance Hinds has told Stabroek Business.

Asked in an interview earlier this week to assess the performance of the country’s economy in 2015 and more particularly