{"id":97291,"date":"2015-03-07T11:39:31","date_gmt":"2015-03-07T11:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=97291"},"modified":"2015-03-07T11:39:31","modified_gmt":"2015-03-07T11:39:31","slug":"govt-to-issue-1-billion-eurobond-in-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=97291","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t to issue $1 billion Eurobond in 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper has revealed that government intends to issue a $1 billion 10-year Eurobond in 2015.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;Q0vuonLGLgCQdHaKlhJ05IxvS7NLKqrQ&#8221;]This according to the minister is to settle government debts that will mature in 2017.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Finance Minister Seth Terkper told international news agency, Reuters, after a <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/02\/26\/confirmed-ghana-gets-us940m-in-imf-bailout-deal\/#sthash.QvBGtiQf.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>financial assistance deal<\/strong><\/a><\/span> agreed last week with the International Monetary Fund.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe government will also continue to use its oil stabilization fund, oil price hedging and monetary tightening to manage foreign exchange volatility for Ghana&#8217;s cedi currency,&#8221; Terkper added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>$1 billion Eurobond in 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Government in 2014 listed three separate Eurobonds on the Ghana Stock Exchange; the third one, which was issued on September 11, 2011, <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/10\/23\/government-lists-3rd-eurobond\/#sthash.CGYGWyph.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>raised an amount of 1 billion US dollars<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Issuance of the $1 billion Eurobond in 2014, which was aimed at <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/09\/12\/eurobond-cash-to-hit-ghanas-account-in-weeks\/#sthash.SwLF9OrW.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>financing government expenditure<\/strong><\/a><\/span> and infrastructure, was highly criticized while the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) called on government to <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/11\/24\/govt-must-account-1bn-eurobond-bawumia\/#sthash.2eT6gw3p.ZTmEQ1qu.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>account for the money<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>IMF to give Ghana $940 million\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, in its quest to elevate Ghana from its ailing economy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has promised to give the nation <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/02\/26\/confirmed-ghana-gets-us940m-in-imf-bailout-deal\/#sthash.QvBGtiQf.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>$940 million<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/imf-deputy-managing-director-ms-nemat-shafik-and-seth-terkper.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-94551 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/imf-deputy-managing-director-ms-nemat-shafik-and-seth-terkper.jpg\" alt=\"imf deputy managing director ms nemat shafik and seth terkper\" width=\"494\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/imf-deputy-managing-director-ms-nemat-shafik-and-seth-terkper.jpg 494w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/imf-deputy-managing-director-ms-nemat-shafik-and-seth-terkper-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The IMF announced \u00a0its Executive Board will meet on the amount in early April 2015.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The IMF team, led by Joel Toujas-Bernate clarified that the $940 million is for balance of payment supports and not direct budgetary injections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![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<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper has revealed that government intends to issue a $1 billion 10-year Eurobond in 2015. 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