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Mincing Words?

October 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Bermuda Politics

The Minister of Finance made a statement last week announcing that Government departments were being asked to prune their budgets.

Given the current global and local economic conditions, it would be unwise to anticipate more than a nominal increase in revenues for 2009/10. The Ministry of Finance’s most optimistic forecast is for real revenue growth of 2 per cent.

Now that we know the “platinum” projection, what are the realistic forecasts for real revenue growth?  By way of comparison, the IMF is predicting only 0.2% growth in Europe in 2009.

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