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IMF Boss, Kristalina Georgieva [L] with Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, Minister of Finance
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its Global Economic Outlook report, has projected a 4% growth rate for Ghana by the end of 2025, as it expects its economy to grow faster, at 4.8% in 2026.
The projection is slightly below the 4.4% growth target set by the government in its 2025 budget.
Ghana’s economy in the second quarter of 2025 expanded by 6.3%, with the services sector growing by 9.9 percent, the largest share of the country’s GDP.
The outlook reflects Ghana’s ongoing reforms under the fund, which are currently supporting its economic stability.
However, the IMF’s forecast is lower than the World Bank’s 4.3% end-of-year projection for Ghana, as stated in the Africa Pulse Report released in October 2025.
Global growth to slow to 3.2% by 2026 – IMF
Speaking in Washington, DC, the Director of Research, Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, emphasised that emerging and developing economies like Ghana remain vulnerable to global uncertainties despite showing signs of recovery.
He advised countries to build stronger fiscal buffers to withstand future external shocks.
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