{"id":252112,"date":"2025-10-02T03:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T07:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=252112"},"modified":"2025-10-02T07:27:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T11:27:48","slug":"op-ed-last-stand-trinidad-and-tobago-races-against-time-to-save-caribbeans-final-investment-grade-rating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/op-ed-last-stand-trinidad-and-tobago-races-against-time-to-save-caribbeans-final-investment-grade-rating\/","title":{"rendered":"OP-ED- Last Stand: Trinidad And Tobago Races Against Time To Save Caribbean’s Final Investment Grade Rating"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Professor C. Justin Robinson<\/strong>
Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal, The UWI Five Islands Campus<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For Trinidad and Tobago’s 1.4 million citizens, last week’s warning from Standard & Poor’s could mean the difference between affordable government services and painful economic hardship.<\/p>

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The rating agency’s decision to downgrade the country’s outlook from “stable” to “negative” puts the twin-island nation just one step away from joining its Caribbean neighbours in financial exile\u2014with borrowing costs that could cripple public spending on everything from healthcare to education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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