Five Takeaways From Trinidad & Tobago Budget 2019

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Five Takeaways from the 2019 Trinidad & Tobago Budget

1. Revenue and Expenditure Budget for 2019 at $47.7Bn TTD and $51.7Bn TTD respectively.

2. Super Gasoline price increase from $3.97 TTD to $4.97 TTD per llitre.

3. Economy forecast to grow by 1.9% in 2019.

4. Government will spend $2.6Bn TTD in severance packages for Petrotrin employees.

5. Thousands of jobs to be created as a result of the La Brea Dry-Dock project and an industrial complex in Couva.

For full details of the 2019 Budget please visit the Ministry of Finance website.