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Pump more dollars from external reserves to contain depreciating cedi – GUTA to Gov’t

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Pump more dollars from external reserves to contain depreciating cedi – GUTA to Gov’t

The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) is calling on government to consider pumping dollars from Ghana’s external reserves to contain the depreciating cedi.

The Association indicated that the rapid rate at which the cedi is depreciating is affecting the businesses of its members.

The depreciation of the cedi, rose to 14.21% within the first week of March 2022.

Several factors, including perceived risks in the Ghanaian economy due to high-interest payments on borrowed funds and financial challenges within the economy, have been attributed to the rapid depreciation of the cedi.

According to the President of the Association, Dr Joseph Obeng, government should undertake pragmatic measures to salvage the worsening situation.

“We need to pump in more dollars. But, unfortunately, we don’t have any option because if you do not inspire confidence in the system now to suggest that there’s money available, people are going to buy and hoard this currency’’, he said.

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“People are going to trade in this currency, speculation is going to be rife enough, and it would be even worse. Foreign reserves are there for situations such as this; otherwise, what is the essence of foreign reserves?” he quizzed.

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However, indications from an Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS), Prof Godfred Bopkin, notes that if Ghana depletes parts of its foreign reserves, it would be forced to go to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for support.

The finance expert opined that the only factor keeping Ghana from going to the IMF is the cedi depreciation.

“If you look at the template that Ghana sent to the IMF in 1965 under the watch of Dr Kwame Nkrumah, which is a reflection of what has happened over the years. There’s only one thing left which is keeping us from going to the IMF right now, and that has to do with the depreciation of the cedi.”

“If Bank of Ghana decides to fight that, burn through our international reserves, and once the international reserves deplete to a certain level, you have no choice than to go the IMF in an ambulance,” he explained.

Meanwhile, the World Bank has projected harsher times for Ghana’s economy.

This comes as the exchange rate continues to rise amidst inflation and increasing cost of living coupled with a rise in prices of petroleum products.

Government is already having a tough time rallying support for the controversial E-Levy, insisting it may not be able to settle some statutory obligations without the tax.

But the World Bank Country Director, Pierre Laporte, does not see any end in sight just yet.

“The situation is very difficult right now. Ghana faces a very tough road ahead to restore macro-sustainability,” he said.

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