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Government spent GHS 20.4bn, GHS 17.1bn to settle interest payments, salaries in H1 2022

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Government spent GHS 20.4bn, GHS 17.1bn to settle interest payments, salaries in H1 2022

Interest Payments dominated government expenditure for the first half of 2022, according to the 2022 Mid-Year Budget Revenue.

GHS 20.4 billion was spent by the government as interest on loans at the end of June 2022, representing 4.5% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

This was higher than the targeted amount of ¢19.05 billion.

Compensation of Employees followed suit, amounting to GHS 17.120 billion (3.4% of GDP), 4.5% below the budgetary provision of GHS 17.921 billion (3.6% of GDP).

The Wage Bill constituted 88.6% of the total compensation and amounted to ¢15.168 billion.

Also, Capital Expenditure for the period amounted to GHS 7.108 billion, representing 1.4% of GDP, against the target of ¢8.905 billion (1.8% of GDP).

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Domestic Capital Expenditure recorded a deviation of 77.4% below, reflecting the cuts in discretionary spending approved by Cabinet.

An amount of GHS 10.145 billion (2.0%of GDP) was accrued for transfer to statutory and earmarked funds, compared to a target of GHS 11.762 billion (2.3% of GDP).

Similarly, expenditure on the Use of Goods and Services for the period was GHS 2.210 billion (0.4% of GDP) compared to the target of GHS 3.732 billion (0.7% of GDP).

The apparent saving of 40.8% reflects the consolidation measures and the additional expenditure rationalisation measures for discretionary spending implemented for the 2022 fiscal year.

Other Expenditure amounted to GHS 4.80 billion.

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