“Last month the record 2008-9 budget of nearly TT$50 billion was based on an assumed oil price of $75 a barrel. At the time, the price was well above that. A month later, it’s below $64. So even the richest economy in the Caribbean either has to make some serious cuts, or round up a pile of new money from somewhere”: Trinidad-based blogger Jeremy Taylor tries to get a grip on the global financial crisis.