Finance Minister Peter Phillips is rejecting claims that no sector of the economy has thrived since the government began implementing the four year Extended Fund Facility agreement with the IMF.
Dr. Phillips was responding to the assertion by Shadow Spokesman on Finance, Audley Shaw that businesses in all sectors of the country have been living the doomsday scenario of higher input costs and receding profit margins.
The Finance Minister says it would be dishonest of him to suggest that things have not been tough for players in many sectors since the government began implementing the IMF agreement.
But according to Dr. Phillips there are still success stories to encourage those struggling now that things can only get better.
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In a veiled swipe at the parliamentary Opposition, Dr. Phillips says some people seem to be fixated on peddling bad news, regardless of the evidence available to them.
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Dr. Phillips says he’s optimistic that at some time in the future, the country’s politics will have matured beyond the petty, political point scoring stage.
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