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Keynote Address by the Honourable Colm Imbert, Minister of Finance at the United Nations Big Data Forum 2021

Keynote Address by the Honourable Colm Imbert, MP, Minister of Finance, Government of Trinidad and Tobago at the United Nations Trinidad & Tobago Big Data Forum on Wednesday 1st December, 2021 themed The Transformational Role of Big Data Technologies and Analytics – Economic Transformation. Speech Theme: “Using big data to drive meaningful change in T&T”

Media Release : The IMF Praises Trinidad and Tobago’s Policy Response to Covid-19 and Encourages T&T to Shift its Policy Attention Only When Recovery is in Place

The IMF noted that Trinidad and Tobago faced “unprecedented challenges in 2020-21. The combined effects of COVID-19, energy production cuts, and price shocks pushed the economy further into recession”. In the face of such challenges, the IMF concluded that “The authorities’ decisive policy response helped contain COVID-19’s spread, protectlives and livelihoods, and paved the way…

Media Release: Moody’s Decision on Trinidad and Tobago’s Ratings Clashes with IMF recommendation on Debt Management under COVID

Today (November 19th), Moody’s announces that they brought the rating down by one notch, with a stable outlook.  The Honourable Colm Imbert, MP. Minister of Finance, has noted that “This decision by Moody’s collides with the policy advice we have received from all international organisations to protect our country and support the recovery in the…