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T&T businesses say they are being squeezed on all fronts—soaring crime-related costs, a stubborn foreign exchange crunch and rising economic uncertainty.
Yet the government’s $2.92 billion mid-year budget injection has offered little comfort.
On Tuesday, the Business Guardian solicited the views of eight businessowners from El Dorado to Aranguez on the state of their businesses against the background of the Mid-Year Budget Review. Most of those interviewed said the current administration’s fiscal policies said the measures risk pushing already vulnerable firms closer to collapse, arguing the review delivers little tangible relief.
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