Today is Budget Day

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Minister of Finance  Chris Sinckler will present the Budget in the House of Assembly this afternoon.

In the lead up to the Budget the Government held extensive consulations with representatives of the private sector who put forward several requests.

The Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry recommeded that Government immediately pursue a hybird economic solution to the country's problems wish would include engaging the International Monetary Fund.

The Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association stressed that the island's main earner of foreign exchange earner needed significant reform in order to remain competitive.