01614cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF004161 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451801866 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Antigua and Barbuda : Staff Report for the 2005 Article IV Consultation. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006. 1 online resource (65 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This 2005 Article IV Consultation highlights that data for the first half of 2005 point to a widening fiscal deficit for Antigua and Barbuda. A combination of a reduction in capital spending and some improvement in revenues following a tightening of the concessions regime resulted in a closing of the primary deficit to 1 1\2 percent of GDP in 2004. Revenues have performed well following the reintroduction of the personal income tax. The external current account deficit has narrowed to about 11 percent of GDP, financed by foreign direct investment. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2006/145 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2006/145/002.2006.issue-145-en.xml IMF e-Library