
Growth projected at 1.7% from 0.6% estimated in 2016
Agriculture and Mining to drive overall growth with sector growth of 12% and 0.9% respectively
Inflation projected at 1.1%, from a negative of 1.5% in 2016
Total expenditures projected at $4.1 billion
Financing Gap of $400m
Government wage bill takes $3.0 billion in 2017
Capital Expenditure amounts to $520 million or 3.6% of GDP
Trade Deficit of $1.5 billion compared to $1.985 in 2016
Debt Stock of $11,2 billion as at 31 October 2016, which is 79% of GDP