Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance, Senator the Hon. J. Kwasi Thompson provided an overview of the Government’s 2020 Fiscal Strategy Report on Wednesday, December 16, 2020 in the Senate, which the public can review in detail on the official budget website: www.bahamasbudget.gov.bs. (BIS Photo/Ulric Woodside)
Nassau, The Bahamas - Senator J. Kwasi Thompson, Minister of State for Finance explained that the Government will continue to reduce the economic effects of COVID-19, by providing initiatives targeted at public health and safety, job protection and social and economic support for households and businesses.
“The levels of direct support required by the government to save lives and support commercial and economic activity to the end of October has been unprecedented. The Government has kept its promise that this unprecedented crisis would be met with an unprecedented response,” Sen. Thompson said as he presented the Fiscal Strategy Report (FSR) in the Senate, Wednesday, December 16, 2020.