. Until recently, the constitutionally-required legislation setting out the procedure for Parliament to amend the budget has been enacted as the Money Bills Amendment procedure and Related Matters Act, 2009. To support it in it's application of the Act, Parliament must be capacitated through the establishment of the Parliamentary Budget Office as mandated in this Act; . Most commentators welcomed the emphasis in both the unveiling of the new growth path and the 2010 MTBPS on the importance of partnerships. However, some indicated that the 2010 MTBPS did not contain much more detail on the new growth path which is intended to create five million jobs over the next ten years, thus reducing the unemployment rate from approximately 25 per cent to approximately 15 per cent by the 2014 calendar year. This is not surprising, given that the detail still needs to be worked out and other stakeholders be consulted. . Fiscal and monetary measures are being taken in response to the present strength of the Rand. However, some commentators cautioned Government not to interfere with the prevailing exchange rate management policy as the cost of the intervention could be high and the desired outcomes of a proposed intervention may not materialise.