PNM Senator Vishnu Dhanpaul is calling on the government to explain a sharp and unexplained decline in TT's net official reserves, citing data from the Central Bank's Economic Data Pack for September 2025.

According to the report, reserves stood at US$5.093 billion in May 2025. However, by August, that figure had fallen to US$4.6 billion, a decline of nearly US$600 million in just three months.

Speaking at a media briefing at the Opposition's headquarters on Charles Street, Port of Spain, on October 8, Dhanpaul said the data raises serious concerns ahead of the October 13 national budget.