{"id":413892,"date":"2017-09-03T00:10:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T00:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/03\/govt-agrees-to-extend-imf-deal-as-board-meets-on-ghana-today\/"},"modified":"2017-09-03T00:10:35","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T00:10:35","slug":"govt-agrees-to-extend-imf-deal-as-board-meets-on-ghana-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/03\/govt-agrees-to-extend-imf-deal-as-board-meets-on-ghana-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov&#8217;t agrees to extend IMF deal as board meets on Ghana today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Government has finally agreed to extend the International Monetary Fund, IMF, program to December 2018. This is despite several denials that the program was not going to be extended.<\/p>\n<p>JoyBusiness understands this was one of the critical requirements before the IMF board meets today to assess Ghana\u2019s program under the FUND.<\/p>\n<p>For those who have been closely monitoring the program, Ghana will pass the IMF board\u2019s test and this will also pave the way for the release of about $116 million to support the country\u2019s import and export needs.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline.com_InArticle_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>For some, passing the board\u2019s test could give some stamp of approval to government\u2019s policies and its commitment to stabilizing the economy, a development that could consolidate investor confidence in the economy.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Analysts will also be looking forward to IMF\u2019s assessment on how the economy has been managed by this government and whether there are threats to the economy.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana entered into the agreement with the IMF in 2015 for economic support of $918 million.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement was to restore policy credibility,\u00a0economic stability and maintain fiscal discipline.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana has so far received about $464.6 million under three separate tranches.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government has finally agreed to extend the International Monetary Fund, IMF, program to December 2018. This is despite several denials that the program was not going to be extended. JoyBusiness understands this was one of the critical requirements before the IMF board meets today to assess Ghana\u2019s program under the FUND. For those who have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":413893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-413892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gov&#039;t agrees to extend IMF deal as board meets on Ghana today - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/03\/govt-agrees-to-extend-imf-deal-as-board-meets-on-ghana-today\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Gov&#039;t agrees to extend IMF deal as board meets on Ghana today - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Government has finally agreed to extend the International Monetary Fund, IMF, program to December 2018. 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