Antigua and Barbuda: Recent Economic Developments

International Monetary Fund

No 1998/007, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This paper describes economic developments in Antigua and Barbuda during the 1990s. Economic performance deteriorated in the early 1990s. Output growth slowed to 4 percent a year in 1992–94, as activity in the tourism sector slackened and public investment fell because of a poor public savings performance and reduced access to foreign financing. Despite the slowdown in activity, growth in private sector wages exceeded inflation during this period, owing partly to the effect of employment and real wage increases in the government sector.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; deficit; widening deficit; arrears accumulation; Tourism; Public sector; Arrears; Current account deficits; Wage adjustments; Caribbean (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 79
Date: 1998-02-05
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