{"id":258707,"date":"2025-11-20T11:05:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T15:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=258707"},"modified":"2025-11-20T14:59:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T18:59:05","slug":"antigua-and-barbuda-marks-300-gdp-growth-as-first-quarter-of-century-closes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-marks-300-gdp-growth-as-first-quarter-of-century-closes\/","title":{"rendered":"Antigua and Barbuda Marks 300% GDP Growth as First Quarter of Century Closes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-2144638435\" 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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years, with national output rising from <a href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-to-host-first-public-hiv-awareness-symposium-as-cases-rise\/?swcfpc=1\">US$802 million in 2000 to more than US$2 billion in 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/team-antigua-and-barbuda-earns-multiple-silver-medals-at-taste-of-the-caribbean-2025\/?swcfpc=1\"> Governor General Sir Rodney Williams<\/a> highlighted the milestone Thursday as he delivered<a href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/team-antigua-and-barbuda-earns-multiple-silver-medals-at-taste-of-the-caribbean-2025\/?swcfpc=1\"> the Throne Speech <\/a>at the opening of Parliament.<\/p><div id=\"antig-861033776\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img 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Rodney said the <a href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-to-send-aid-and-troops-to-jamaica-after-hurricane-melissa\/?swcfpc=1\">expansion <\/a>is even more significant given the shocks the nation has endured over the period, including hurricanes, droughts, flooding, a global financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1231180018\" 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, 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stability.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3563338451\" 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\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Per capita income now exceeds EC$60,000, the Governor General reported, adding that the United 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