{"id":47510,"date":"2014-09-14T16:19:30","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T16:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=47510"},"modified":"2014-09-18T12:44:52","modified_gmt":"2014-09-18T12:44:52","slug":"citi-breakfast-show-to-host-seth-terkper-on-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=47510","title":{"rendered":"Citi Breakfast Show to host Seth Terkper on Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong> (CBS) will on Monday, September 15, host the Minister of Finance, Seth Terpker.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He is expected to explain issues surrounding the issuance of the <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/09\/11\/ghana-issues-third-eurobond\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>$1 billion eurobond which was oversubscribed<\/strong><\/span><\/a> despite Ghana\u2019s unstable economy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Radio Gold would also join to host the Minister in the live discussion. This is the second time the <strong>Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong> is partnering the station to host Seth Tekpeh.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;tukVfKJWsodHVL0c8h2Fp9AlF55zFRS2&#8243;]The host of <strong>CBS<\/strong>, Benard Avle and Radio Gold\u2019s Alhassan Suhuyini\u00a0will ask the minister questions on issues pertaining to the economy, and government\u2019s expectation on the IMF bailout.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Economic challenges<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some economists had predicted that the country\u2019s current economic challenges would lead to a low subscription and a high interest rate on the eurobond.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The cedi has depreciated by more than 30 percent this year alone against the dollar, coupled with a high budget deficit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There have also been an erratic supply of power to industries and households, hikes in inflation, utility tariffs and prices of petroleum products among others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Inflation currently stands at 15.9 percent, this figure is likely to move up by year end.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Finance Minister, Seth Tekper would be live on the <strong>CBS <\/strong>to explain how the eurobond issue could help turn Ghana&#8217;s economic fortunes around.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Citi Breakfast Show (CBS) will on Monday, September 15, host the Minister of Finance, Seth Terpker. He is expected to explain issues surrounding the issuance of the $1 billion eurobond which was oversubscribed despite Ghana\u2019s unstable economy. Radio Gold would also join to host the Minister in the live discussion. 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