Dominica’s economy defies global trends with 4.7% growth: FM Irving McIntyre
The Government of Dominica has made significant strides in managing and recovering from various challenges, including natural disasters and a global pandemic. This was announced by the Minister of Finance, Dr Irving McIntyre, during his budget address today.
26th of July 2024

The Government of Dominica has made significant strides in managing and recovering from various challenges, including natural disasters and a global pandemic. This was announced by the Minister of Finance, Dr Irving McIntyre, during his budget address today.
The Minister noted that the International Monetary Fund has reported that while the world economy grew at an estimated 3.2 percent in 2023, Dominica’s economy has witnessed a growth of 4.7 percent during the same period. This marked the 3rdconsecutive year of growth for the Dominican economy, following growth of 6.9% in 2021 and 5.6% in 2022.
Dr McIntyre also said that the economy is projected to continue along its current trajectory with strong growth of 4.6% in 2024 plus at least 4.3% in 2024. This performance is being driven by the governments vicious public sector investment programme, said the Minister.
Meanwhile, the government’s fiscal performance has also shown significant improvement, with a primary balance shifting from a deficit of 0.8% at the end of June 20 23 to a simplest of 0.6% as of June 2022. Also, the tax revenues increased by 3.1% over the previous year, and expenditures declined by 3%.
The Minister continued to say that although tax revenues are expected to increase through the year by 3.3%, a primary deficit of 8.7% is forecasted for physical unit 2024-2025 mainly due to a significant rise in capital expenditure for agriculture.
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