Trade Minister, Haruna Iddrisu has called on the European Union to help Ghana solve the country\u2019s current economic crisis.
\nGhana close to two years now has been facing some economic challenges including high inflation rate, rising budget deficit and increased cost of borrowing among others.<\/p>\n
Inflation currently stands at 14 .7 percent the highest rate since February 2010.<\/p>\n
The World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Stanbic bank among others have projected that the country\u2019s inflation is likely to end with double digits for this year.<\/p>\n
While the local currency the cedi since the beginning of the year has depreciated by over 20 percent against major foreign currencies like the US dollar, British Pound and the Euro.<\/span><\/p>\n In the midst of the challenges there have been reports that government may seek a bail out from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).<\/p>\n President John Mahama has however dismissed the reports saying he is yet to decide on whether Ghana should make that move.<\/p>\n It however appears the country may seek help form donor countries instead of donor institutions to solve its problems.<\/p>\n Trade minister Haruna Iddrisu addressing an EU- Business Forum said Ghana will require the support of European Union to restore macroeconomic imbalances to keep it attractive for investment.<\/p>\n It\u2019s about time you help government out of its eminent crisis in terms of managing our fiscal deficit, you don\u2019t have to wait and keep covering the wound. You want economic stability so that your investments don\u2019t suffer tomorrow if we don\u2019t check the current challenges immediately we will be opening it up to more risk.\u2019<\/p>\n This is the second time government has publicly appealed for help to donor countries to solve the current economic crisis.<\/p>\n Early this week President Mahama receiving the U S Secretary of Commerce <\/b>on a visit to Ghana <\/b>stressed the need for the country\u2019s international partners to support Ghana, as it strives to solve its crisis.<\/p>\n So far the US government has expressed its willingness to support\u00a0government\u2019s home grown solutions in resolving the economic challenges confronting Ghana.<\/p>\n According to the US Secretary of Commerce, Penny Pritzker, America will help Ghana <\/b>to <\/b>rectify its fiscal challenges and aid with financial reforms that the government would roll out.<\/p>\n Trade minister Haruna Iddrisu believes the EU can do same.<\/p>\n \u2018I trust that the EU commissioner as he awaits our signature to complete our EU partnership will be more generous. The EU must release the 60 million Euro that our minister of finance has been asking for the last 2 months so he can support his budget which will get him out of the current challenges facing our economy\u2019.<\/p>\n President Mahama late last year conceded that the country was facing some economic challenges but described them as short-term fiscal challenges, according to him the country\u2019s\u00a0 medium term prospects were bright.<\/p>\n citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Trade Minister, Haruna Iddrisu has called on the European Union to help Ghana solve the country\u2019s current economic crisis. Ghana close to two years now has been facing some economic challenges including high inflation rate, rising budget deficit and increased cost of borrowing among others. Inflation currently stands at 14 .7 percent the highest rate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":7617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[21,4],"yoast_head":"\n