Mr Speaker,

Today, I will present an update on the fiscal and economic plan that the Government is currently implementing; this is the Resilient Bahamas Plan outlined during the budget exercise in June to respond to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The report will include initial data and preliminary analysis on the first few months of the new fiscal year, and a full report to the House of Assembly, and the Bahamian people, based on our end of year budget performance for the 2019/20 fiscal year.

My report this morning will be accompanied by a press conference this afternoon at 1.30 pm. Note also that I will provide a comprehensive update at the end of October, when we represent the first quarter budget performance report for FY2020/21.

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