HOW IS T&T'S ECONOMY FEARING?

[pugboy]

Yup, once carnival fever in the air everybody happy

[De Dragon]

I ain't no economist but that article seems like hogwash to me.

Lol wot? U live Trinidad? This has been the most dead Christmas season ever. Ask any businessman.

Next year not going to be any better but government needs to continue with restructuring the economy. Due to the lack of natural gas and the fact upstream companies not finding any new sources that economically viable to produce we need to rethink how the gas we have left is used so it would not surprise me if we scale back on LNG exports over the next few years which will lead to further declines in the economy.

Not likely when upstream gas producers and NGC have interests in Atlantic.

[pugboy]

And them contracts does have penalties if you can’t supply the gas
Taxpayers will have to fork out money

[The_Honourable]

"The economy is turning around, in fact, it has turned around. Revenue collection is up, the non-oil sector is growing, the energy sector is booming.” - Colm Imbert - May 2018.

[De Dragon]

"The economy is turning around, in fact, it has turned around. Revenue collection is up, the non-oil sector is growing, the energy sector is booming.” - Colm Imbert - May 2018.

That's just Short Poomps putting the sheep on election footing............

[neilsingh100]

Next year not going to be any better but government needs to continue with restructuring the economy. Due to the lack of natural gas and the fact upstream companies not finding any new sources that economically viable to produce we need to rethink how the gas we have left is used so it would not surprise me if we scale back on LNG exports over the next few years which will lead to further declines in the economy.

Not likely when upstream gas producers and NGC have interests in Atlantic.

Once the LNG contracts come to an end it is up to the NGC to negotiate with the upstream companies to determine what is the best use of our gas. LNG made sense when we had abundant supply of cheap gas but in the current environment the country benefits more by using the gas for manufacture of petrochemicals. Unless we find more cheap gas (i.e. gas in shallow water) LNG has 5-10 years remaining as evidenced by NGC only agreeing to extend Train 1 gas contract by 5 years.

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Allyuh hada quote paula goopee....ohhh the recession is over

[nervewrecker]

I ain't no economist but that article seems like hogwash to me.

Lol wot? U live Trinidad? This has been the most dead Christmas season ever. Ask any businessman.

All dem rum shop full and not the cheap ones eh.

[gastly369]

IZzz cyamela fault

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[l33t2]

I ain't no economist but that article seems like hogwash to me.

Lol wot? U live Trinidad? This has been the most dead Christmas season ever. Ask any businessman.

All dem rum shop full and not the cheap ones eh.

Actually, my family owns 3 rum shops and a restaurant. Sales are down 20-30% compared to last year. Same story I hearing all over.

[EFFECTIC DESIGNS]

I have PNM friend at work, he stopped being my friend because I told him that Science is real (He so dotish he believes that pastor cuffy is a prophet). This kind of dotishness isn't anything new tho, had a online PNM friend from Tobago that I used to play fighting games with, I actually removed he dotish @ss from my Steam account when he told me the earth is flat and tried desperately to prove it with all sorts of dotishness. And no he wasn't trolling I did some research on him and he legit believed this crap.

From what I can gather, dotishness and PNM goes hand in hand. Is like dotishness of a feather flock together

[matr1x]

We still have a president?

[ru$$ell]

[pugboy]

Many small businesses have seen declining revenues 10-20% for the last 3 years

I ain't no economist but that article seems like hogwash to me.

Lol wot? U live Trinidad? This has been the most dead Christmas season ever. Ask any businessman.

All dem rum shop full and not the cheap ones eh.

Actually, my family owns 3 rum shops and a restaurant. Sales are down 20-30% compared to last year. Same story I hearing all over.

[sMASH]

We still have a president?

yes, she sends thoughts and prayers.

[neilsingh100]

Many small businesses have seen declining revenues 10-20% for the last 3 years

I ain't no economist but that article seems like hogwash to me.

Lol wot? U live Trinidad? This has been the most dead Christmas season ever. Ask any businessman.

All dem rum shop full and not the cheap ones eh.

Actually, my family owns 3 rum shops and a restaurant. Sales are down 20-30% compared to last year. Same story I hearing all over.

T&T is in a slow decline that will get worst as population comes to the realization that oil & gas money almost done. There really is nothing the government can do to turn things around but manage the decline. Hope Guyana learning for our mistakes.

[sMASH]

I ain't no economist but that article seems like hogwash to me.

Lol wot? U live Trinidad? This has been the most dead Christmas season ever. Ask any businessman.

All dem rum shop full and not the cheap ones eh.

Actually, my family owns 3 rum shops and a restaurant. Sales are down 20-30% compared to last year. Same story I hearing all over.

rum is the easiest way to get a feel good or celebrate. so, when things good, u would expect this avenue to increase first and more than other areas of spending. and on the flip side, if things bad, u would see cut backs on every thing, but this would cut back last and less than other thing. so. to see a 1/5 drop in sales (not attendance) should mean that other things took a bigger hit.

[matr1x]

We still have a president?

yes, she sends thoughts and prayers.

In other words, nothing substantial.

She real quiet since that same sex ruling tho....

[D Diesel Report]

I ain't no economist but that article seems like hogwash to me.

Lol wot? U live Trinidad? This has been the most dead Christmas season ever. Ask any businessman.

All dem rum shop full and not the cheap ones eh.

The difference between an owner and a consumer. Consumers see the surface and believe is all there is. They don't see the full story.

From your comment, I take it that you are poor and don't own any assets.

[bluefete]

2019 will be another very bad year. Thousands more to be sent home. Elections mamaguy like rain to come.

[zoom rader]

2019 will be another very bad year. Thousands more to be sent home. Elections mamaguy like rain to come.

The Pnmite will rather eat grass than to see any other goverment in power.

[The_Honourable]

2019 will be another very bad year. Thousands more to be sent home. Elections mamaguy like rain to come.

The Pnmite will rather eat grass than to see any other goverment in power.

FULL MARKS!!!

[Soul Collector]

Was reminded of one of my favourite Amon tracks for some reason after checking this thread...

[bluefete]

But wham to allyuh? Grass good to eat. Yuh never see a healthy cow orr?

2019 will be another very bad year. Thousands more to be sent home. Elections mamaguy like rain to come.

The Pnmite will rather eat grass than to see any other goverment in power.

FULL MARKS!!!

[No_Name]

We still have a President?

Who is that?
Wa dem does do?

[shake d livin wake d dead]

We still have a President?

Who is that?
Wa dem does do?

Any time I see people talk about any president, I does ask them to state 5 things a presi did that positively affected them...

Men doh pass no2 at all

[maj. tom]

The President does the same thing that the Queen does in Britain, or the Governor does in Canada, or the President does in India.

That's the system we have. That's the Constitution. The President is not supposed to do anything really, but has powers to ensure that the people are protected from the Government of the day. They're not supposed to step on any Government decisions or votes, etc., unless there's a dire conflict of the interest of the people vs. what the Government wants to do. The President controls the military.

[No_Name]

We still have a President?

Who is that?
Wa dem does do?

Any time I see people talk about any president, I does ask them to state 5 things a presi did that positively affected them...

Men doh pass no2 at all

Lead by example, start with yrself...

[matr1x]

All i know rachel price real like she......hmmmm, coincidence?

[sMASH]

i cant even name one... in a general sense.