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The worst may be over for Ghana\u2019s battered cedi, with analysts expecting it to only weaken modestly between now and December elections following steep falls earlier in the year.<\/p>\n
The currency of the world\u2019s second-largest cocoa producer may end the year at 15.97 per dollar, said Oyinkansola Samuel, an analyst at FirstRand Ltd.\u2019s RMB Nigeria unit. That\u2019s just 2% weaker than current levels around 15.63 per dollar, after it shed around 23% of its value against the greenback \u2014 a slide that made it the fifth-worst performing currency tracked by Bloomberg this year. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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