{"id":1268049,"date":"2022-12-20T16:39:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T16:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/20\/ofori-atta-mentions-ready-policies-after-economic-recovery-sees-2023-as-comeback-year\/"},"modified":"2022-12-20T16:39:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T16:39:06","slug":"ofori-atta-mentions-ready-policies-after-economic-recovery-sees-2023-as-comeback-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/20\/ofori-atta-mentions-ready-policies-after-economic-recovery-sees-2023-as-comeback-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Ofori-Atta mentions ready policies after economic recovery; sees 2023 as &#8216;comeback&#8217; year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"429\"  alt=\"\" title=\"KenOforiAtta1e1595508828551.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/KenOforiAtta1e1595508828551-696x429.jpeg\" data- class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image lazyload\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"429\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/KenOforiAtta1e1595508828551-696x429.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"KenOforiAtta1e1595508828551.jpeg\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><strong>Minister of Finance Kenneth Nana Yaw Kuntunkunuku Ofori-Atta has hinted at some planned programmes by government if the country recovers from the current economic downturn.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He said the programmes will ensure a robust economy for the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ensuing years will focus on entrepreneurial and export-driven economy as we grow the economy to protect and create jobs, tackle inflation and strengthen our economy,\u201d he stated in a nationwide broadcast on Monday, December 19.<\/p>\n<p>He added that \u201cimportation of food should soon be a thing of the past\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s economic crisis has reached unsustainable levels with the country going to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for bailout.<\/p>\n<p>A staff-level agreement (SLA) has been reached for a $3-billion extended credit facility (ECF).<\/p>\n<p>Besides, the Cedi has made a strong appreciation against the US Dollar.<\/p>\n<p>These gains, the Finance Minister insisted, have been made as a result of strategic measures taken by the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot afford to lose this essence of forward momentum for our economy as we navigate towards stability, predictability and growth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c2023 must be our comeback year, a year in which we put in place stronger foundations that will allow us to change our country for the better and in a way that is enduring, inclusive and transformational.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kwame_amoh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @kwame_amoh<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Finance Kenneth Nana Yaw Kuntunkunuku Ofori-Atta has hinted at some planned programmes by government if the country recovers from the current economic downturn. He said the programmes will ensure a robust economy for the future. \u201cThe ensuing years will focus on entrepreneurial and export-driven economy as we grow the economy to protect and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1256928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[5264,3010,17140,2089,3625,718,1362,623,293],"class_list":["post-1268049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-comeback","tag-economic","tag-mentions","tag-oforiatta","tag-policies","tag-ready","tag-recovery","tag-sees","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1268049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1268049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1268049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1268049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}