{"id":225419,"date":"2025-02-14T05:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T09:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=225419"},"modified":"2025-02-13T20:39:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T00:39:06","slug":"cabinet-of-antigua-and-barbuda-queries-statistics-divisions-methodology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cabinet-of-antigua-and-barbuda-queries-statistics-divisions-methodology\/","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet of Antigua and Barbuda Queries Statistics Division\u2019s Methodology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-2495706026\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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Division\u2019s Methodology<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Antigua and Barbuda government has raised concerns over conflicting economic growth figures reported by different agencies, prompting discussions on data collection methods and calculations.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2604914801\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png 2160w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png 300w, 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<strong>3.6% growth<\/strong>, a figure significantly lower than the <strong>7%<\/strong> cited by the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (<strong>ECCB<\/strong>) and other financial bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Statistics Department reports a growth of <strong>3.6%<\/strong>, which is half as large as the others are reporting,\u201d Hurst said. \u201cSo there was an interest in how exactly they arrived at a figure that is so different from what is being published by these other measuring groups.\u201d<\/p><div id=\"antig-2999692246\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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Hurst noted that various departments, including the Ministry of Finance, track revenue and expenditure data, which influence national growth projections.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1371970152\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ReggaeInTheParkAntigua\" aria-label=\"lucanio\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere was an agreement that those who do the calculations should ensure that all the data they rely upon are shared with the Statistics Division so that there isn\u2019t such a wide variation in the measurement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the <strong>Statistics Division operates independently<\/strong>, the government has encouraged further collaboration to align methodologies and ensure consistency in reporting.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2561221734\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"500X500 (1)\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg\" 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Chief of Staff in the Prime Minister\u2019s Office, Lionel Hurst, said the Cabinet questioned the Statistics Division after it reported 3.6% growth, a figure significantly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":124572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-225419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Antigua and Barbuda Discrepancies in Growth Reports - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Antigua and Barbuda faces discrepancies in economic growth figures. 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