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Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>The Director of Research at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), Dr John Kwakye, has accused all politicians in Ghana of tilting economic figures in their favour.<\/b><\/p>\n

He says it is incumbent on independent economists to explain the facts to ordinary Ghanaians.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Monday, February 12 in relation to the address delivered by Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Dr Kwakye said \u201cWhen you listen to all the politicians they always try to slant the figures in their favour, that is what all politicians do…it doesn\u2019t matter if it is the NPP or NDC that makes some kind of declaration, when whoever makes it and I feel that as an economist I don\u2019t understand or I don\u2019t think that is the right thing I will come out and straighten it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr John Kwakye had stated earlier in a statement that the strong defense of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) economic record by Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia was expected because he was touted as the \u201ceconomic Messiah\u201d by President and chaired the Economic Management Team (EMT).<\/p>\n

In his address at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) on Wednesday February 7, Dr. Bawumia argued that the NPP managed the economy prudently and efficiently during 2017-19 and managed to turn it around from the precarious situation from which they inherited it in 2016.<\/p>\n

Dr. Bawumia cited economic growth, inflation, fiscal deficit, debt, and depreciation, among others, as all pointing in the right direction during the period.<\/p>\n

However, according to him, between 2020-22, the economy was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war and got derailed by these shocks, as they disrupted global supply chains and precipitated escalation in food and fuel prices.<\/p>\n

Dr. Bawumia also cited the additional adverse effects of the huge financial bailout costs and legacy excess-capacity energy payments.<\/p>\n

Assessing the address by Dr Bawumia, Dr Kwakye indicated that \u201cAvailable data for key macroeconomic indicators for 2016-2023 show that many of the indicators trended positively during 2017-19. These must be attributed in part to the Government\u2019s policies, including the introduction of the Fiscal Responsibility Act in 2018, which limited the fiscal deficit to 5% of GDP.<\/p>\n

However, it has to be recognised that the favourable economic performance also occurred against the backdrop of some favourable factors, including higher oil output, especially in 2017; favourable world economic conditions, including stable oil prices and, generally, benign global inflation; and the extended IMF programme, which included some strict policy conditionalities.<\/p>\n

For the 2020-22 period, while accepting the contribution of the exogenous factors mentioned by Dr. Bawumia to the poor economic outcomes, some of the domestic policy failings must also be recognised. These included: huge expenditure outlays on numerous flagship programmes and a bloated government; failure to increase revenue from traditional sources; and excessive and expensive borrowing from the international capital markets even as the public debt continued to rise to an unsustainable level. Failing to recognise these policy failings represented a missing link in Dr. Bawumia\u2019s speech.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that it is important that as government takes credit for the good economic performance during 2017-19, it must also be prepared to accept some responsibility for the poor performance during 2020-22.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe apparent suggestion that Government did nothing wrong during 2020-22, could be interpreted as trying to sweep the policy failings under the carpet. Both the NPP and NDC must learn to not only take credit for good performance of the economy but also to take blame for poor performance, during their tenure.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is what governments in matured economies, such as US, UK, France and Germany, do. It is how you respond to the prevailing situations that you will be judged by.\u201d<\/p>\n

Source: 3News<\/b><\/p>\n

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