June 2020 Economic and Financial Review

June 2020 Economic and Financial Review

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

ability to undertake countercyclical

regarding the extent and the duration of the

measures to counteract the challenging

pandemic. Consequently, downside risks

domestic and external environment.

including the potential adverse health impact

Government’s balances are therefore

of the pandemic, the pace of the global and

expected to further deteriorate. This

domestic recovery, fiscal challenges and the

projection is however subject to

potential effect of the 2020 hurricane season

considerable

uncertainty

especially

are likely to prevail in the near term.

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