Uhlelo lwakamuva lweBusiness Barometer: Ucwaningo lwe-CEO yeTrinidad & Tobago olwenziwe yinkampani yomhlaba wonke yezocwaningo nezobuchwepheshe i-Oxford Business Group (OBG) lukhomba izimpawu zokuthi kungenzeka umnotho uvuseleleke futhi ube nombono ogqamile, ngemuva komsebenzi ophakeme emkhakheni wezamandla.

Njengengxenye yocwaningo lwakamuva, i-OBG ibuze inqwaba yabaphathi abasezingeni eliphezulu abavela kuzo zonke izimboni zezwe uchungechunge lwemibuzo ebhekene nobuso nobuso okuhloswe ngayo ukulinganisa imizwa yebhizinisi.

Kusuka kubaholi bebhizinisi abahloliwe, u-60.7% uthe kungenzeka noma babe namathuba amakhulu okwenza utshalomali olukhulu ezinyangeni eziyi-12 ezizayo, kusuka ku-44% ngoNovemba 2016. Ukuphendula umbuzo ohlukile, ama-57.1% wabaphenduli bathi bazizwa benethemba izimo zebhizinisi lendawo, eziphakeme kakhulu kunezi-18% ezibikwe ngonyaka odlule.

Ebuzwa ngemvelo yentela ye-T & T (yebhizinisi neyomuntu siqu), iningi (67.8%) labaphenduli balilinganise njengolokuncintisana noma lokuncintisana kakhulu emhlabeni wonke.

Kodwa-ke, abaholi bebhizinisi bazwakalise ukukhathazeka ngezimfanelo ezibalulekile ezingekho emsebenzini, ngo-50% no-32.1% becaphuna amakhono obuholi namakhasimende ngokulandela labo njengabadingeka kakhulu.

Ephawula ngemiphumela, uJaime Pérez-Seoane de Zunzunegui, umhleli wesifunda se-OBG eNyakatho Afrika naseMelika, uthe yize i-T & T izobhekana nonyaka wesithathu olandelanayo wokukhula kwezinkontileka ngo-2017 kanti izibikezelo zahlala zixubekile, imizwa yebhizinisi phakathi kwe-C- abaphathi bama-suite okwaxoxwa nabo base bethuthukile.

"Intuthuko ethembisayo emkhakheni wezamandla eqhutshwa yimiklamo emisha eza nohlelo, kanye nokwenyuka komsebenzi wokuhlola, kungakhombisa izimpawu zokuqala zokululama ezingagxambukela nakweminye imikhakha yezomnotho," esho.

UPérez-Seoane uqaphele ukuthi i-IMF ibikezele ukukhula kwangempela kwe-GDP okungu-1.9% kweT & T ngonyaka ozayo kwi-World Economic Outlook yayo yakamuva.

"Okuphawulekile ukuthi izinkampani ezizimele zibukeka zikulungele ukuhola ekulandeleni ushintsho oludingeka kakhulu kwezomnotho," esho. “Izinhlelo zakamuva ezivela emkhakheni womphakathi, ezifuna ukwenza lula ukukhiqizwa nokuthunyelwa kwempahla emazweni angaphandle kufanele zisize kakhulu kulokhu. Sekukonke, imiphumela yethu ikhombisa ukuvuselelwa kwethemba, kanye nokuzimisela okubanzi kokutshala imali nokusebenza ukuze kuvuselelwe umnotho. ”

LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:

Commenting on the results, Jaime Pérez-Seoane de Zunzunegui, OBG's regional editor for North Africa and The Americas, said that while T&T will face a third consecutive year of contracted growth in 2017 and forecasts remained mixed, business sentiment amongst many of the C-suite executives interviewed had improved.
As part of its latest survey, OBG asked dozens of high-level executives from across the country's industries a wide-ranging series of questions on a face-to-face basis aimed at gauging business sentiment.
“Significantly, the private sector looks ready to take the lead in pursuing a much-needed shift in the economic paradigm,” he said.