Tag: Lydia Morrison

• Wednesday, October 19th 2016 - 22:09 UTC

  Eccentricity: Falklands' budget surpluses under-forecasting triggers lively debate

  

  While in the rest of the world, budget shortfalls and downplayed soaring deficits are the norm, a lively discussion ensued at this week’s Falkland Islands Standing Finance Committee when MLA Michael Poole suggested the forecasting process needed revising when most years a deficit was forecast, but then resulted in a surplus.