Today is Budget Day

Bridgetown.

Minister of Finance Christopher Sinckler, will deliver  deliver the Financial Statements and Budgetary Proposals in the House of Assembly  at 4 p.m this afternoon.

Barbados fighting off the effectsof the global economic meltdown that has affected the economy, the public and business sector are eagerly awaiting today's Budget.

President of the Barbados  Chamber of Industry & Commerce Lalu Vaswani has asked Sinckler to used the Budget to put more money into the hands of consumers.

According to Vaswani, the austere measures of the 2010 Budjet has restricted consumer spending and had dampened activity in the economy.

The Budget is the last one before the General Elections due in April 2012.