The domestic debt exchange program (DDEP), according to former president John Dramani Mahama,is being used by the governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to hide his alleged mismanagement of the central bank. These statements from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Flagbearer came after the Bank of Ghana (BoG) explained that the government’s efforts to restructure domestic debt, which included both phases, were the primary cause of a sizeable portion of the GH53.1 billion in losses it reported in the 2022 financial results, amounting to a loss of GH60 billion. The BoG highlighted in a statement issued on Wednesday [Aug 9] that the domestic debt exchange (DDE), a critical component of the corrective plan stipulated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) program, did not meet the expected objectives. The goal had been to reduce the stock of government debt by half, from 105 percent of GDP to 55 percent of GDP by 2028. “Despite the negative effects on households and banks, the targeted threshold of 55 per …
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