{"id":436793,"date":"2017-11-13T15:19:48","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T15:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/13\/akufo-addos-massive-jobs-impossible-under-tight-economy-minority\/"},"modified":"2017-11-13T15:19:48","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T15:19:48","slug":"akufo-addos-massive-jobs-impossible-under-tight-economy-minority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/13\/akufo-addos-massive-jobs-impossible-under-tight-economy-minority\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo\u2019s massive jobs impossible under tight economy \u2013 Minority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Minority-475x267.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"> <\/aside>\n<p>The Minority in Parliament is skeptical about the government\u2019s ability to avoid a downturn predicting\u00a0\u201csevere hardship\u201d similar to the 1983 experience.<\/p>\n<p>According to the minority, the economy shows clear signs of a slowdown amidst a debt to GDP ratio hitting over 76 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the Minority\u2019s pre-budget economic assessment forum, Ato Forson indicated that, the government\u2019s boast of a massive boost in jobs will be a mirage on the heels of the tight monetary policy by the Central Bank.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can you create jobs under severe austerity under fiscal consolidation? The budget deficit in IMF article 4 is projected to be 3.8, so ladies and gentlemen, next year, let us be assured that there will be severe austerity equivalent to 1983. How can you create jobs when you have mandated the central bank to pursue tight monetary policy? How can you create jobs when the real sector, the non-oil GDP, is projected to grow in 2018 almost at the same level as 2016?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe that unfortunately, government economic policy for 2018 will bring about severe hardship and Ghanaians must be well informed,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if (d.getElementById(id)) return;js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&appId=1136575713042949&version=v2.3\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script>(function(d, s, id) {var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if (d.getElementById(id)) return;js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.6\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\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>The Minority in Parliament is skeptical about the government\u2019s ability to avoid a downturn predicting\u00a0\u201csevere hardship\u201d similar to the 1983 experience. According to the minority, the economy shows clear signs of a slowdown amidst a debt to GDP ratio hitting over 76 percent. Speaking at the Minority\u2019s pre-budget economic assessment forum, Ato Forson indicated that, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":436794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-436793","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Akufo-Addo\u2019s massive jobs impossible under tight economy \u2013 Minority - 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\/11\/13\/akufo-addos-massive-jobs-impossible-under-tight-economy-minority\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Akufo-Addo\u2019s massive jobs impossible under tight economy \u2013 Minority - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The Minority in Parliament is skeptical about the government\u2019s ability to avoid a downturn predicting\u00a0\u201csevere hardship\u201d similar to the 1983 experience. 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