{"id":1193050,"date":"2022-08-28T18:44:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T18:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/28\/were-ready-to-help-stabilise-ghanas-economy-imf-boss\/"},"modified":"2022-08-28T18:44:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T18:44:58","slug":"were-ready-to-help-stabilise-ghanas-economy-imf-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/28\/were-ready-to-help-stabilise-ghanas-economy-imf-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019re ready to help stabilise Ghana\u2019s economy \u2013 IMF boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMF-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"IMF \/ Credit: GETTY IMAGES\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">IMF \/ Credit: GETTY IMAGES<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Chair and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Ivanova Georgieva-Kinova, says her outfit is willing to assist Ghana to put the country\u2019s economy on a better footing.<\/p>\n<p>The Bulgarian economist made this known in a tweet on Friday, August 26, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, the IMF\u2019s decision to support Ghana stems from a \u2018constructive meeting\u2019 she had with Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta and his team.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting, she disclosed, bordered on the challenges of Ghana\u2019s economy and how to address them.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cConstructive meeting with [Ghana\u2019s] Finance Minister Ofori-Atta &#038; his team on Ghana\u2019s economic challenges and the way forward. We are ready to do our part to help the authorities stabilize the economy, lay the ground for stronger growth &#038; help the most vulnerable,\u201d the tweet said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Constructive meeting w\/\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded Finance Minister Ofori-Atta &#038; his team on Ghana\u2019s economic challenges and the way forward. <\/p>\n<p>We are ready to do our part to help the authorities stabilize the economy, lay the ground for stronger growth &#038; help the most vulnerable. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ueQ4d3uY8k\">pic.twitter.com\/ueQ4d3uY8k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kristalina Georgieva (@KGeorgieva) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KGeorgieva\/status\/1563230404458344451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The assurances from the IMF Chair comes at a time when the country\u2019s economic outlook is in distress.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Ghana\u2019s currency, the Ghana Cedi, is consistently depreciating against the US dollar at a fast rate which many citizens are lamenting about.<\/p>\n<p>Inflation is also on the rise with the cost of living also on the high.<\/p>\n<p>These factors, were amongst a list of considerations which compelled Ghana to seek assistance from the IMF on July 1, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued by the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the move to go to the IMF is to help the global lender assist government in implementing some economic recovery prorgammes.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"EVfHIWUgWr4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PAUL and SILAS Week 3 Episode 5\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EVfHIWUgWr4?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IMF \/ Credit: GETTY IMAGES The Chair and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Ivanova Georgieva-Kinova, says her outfit is willing to assist Ghana to put the country\u2019s economy on a better footing. 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