{"id":282,"date":"2019-04-12T22:28:11","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T22:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=282"},"modified":"2019-04-12T22:28:11","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T22:28:11","slug":"ghana-is-the-star-in-imfs-2019-economic-growth-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/economy\/ghana-is-the-star-in-imfs-2019-economic-growth-forecast","title":{"rendered":"Ghana is the star in IMF\u2019s 2019 Economic Growth Forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana has been described as the Star in the International Monetary Fund&#8217;s 2019 Economic Growth Forecast.<br \/>\nA report by Bloomberg said Ghana will be the fastest-growing economy in the world this year, according to the International Monetary Fund.<\/p>\n<p>The lender\u2019s growth forecast of 8.8 percent for the producer of cocoa, gold and oil dwarfs the 6.6 percent median in a Bloomberg survey.<\/p>\n<p>The IMF\u2019s projection in its latest World Economic Outlook published Tuesday is \u201cway too generous,\u201d Neville Mandimika, an analyst at FirstRand Group Ltd.\u2019s Rand Merchant Bank, said on Twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana has been described as the Star in the International Monetary Fund&#8217;s 2019 Economic Growth Forecast. 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