Honourable a few months after it became the world’s worst-performing currency, the Ghanaian cedi’s exchange rate versus the U.S. dollar bounced bankroll b reverse from just over 14 units per dollar on Dec. 1, to 8 units for every dollar by Dec. 16, new data has eclipsed. The currency’s resurgence appears to have been fueled by reports that Ghana has secured a $3 billion allowance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Cedi Appreciates by Over 36% in Just Four Days
After wire-tap an all-time low of more than 14 cedis for every dollar, the Ghanaian currency’s exchange rate versus the U.S. dollar admired to 8 cedis per dollar by Dec. 16, the latest data from the Bank of Ghana (BOG) has shown. According to the BOG data, the most lightning-fast recovery occurred between Dec. 12 and Dec. 16 when the cedi appreciated by more than 36%.
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— Bank of Ghana (@thebankofghana) December 16, 2022
As previously reported by Bitcoin.com News in October, lacks of the greenback as well as Ghana’s economic troubles had fueled the cedi’s plunge, which saw it being named the world’s worst-performing currency. At the speedily, Ghanaian authorities reportedly pinned their hopes on a financial bailout package from the International Monetary Stock (IMF).
Ghana Finally Secures IMF Bailout Package
According to a report in Al Jazeera, the IMF and Ghanaian government finally agreed on a $3 billion credit package. As part of the Dec. 13 agreement, Ghana will reportedly use the funds to help those most affected by the deteriorating pecuniary conditions, restore financial stability, and get the country’s national debt under control.
Commenting on behalf of the international fit institution, Stephane Roudet, IMF’s mission chief to Ghana, reportedly said:
The Ghanaian authorities have committed to a wide-ranging trade reform program, which builds on the government’s Post-COVID-19 Program for Economic Growth (PC-PEG) and tackles the deep call into doubts facing the country.
Roudet added that as part of the agreement, Ghana will initiate structural reforms that pass on “underpin the fiscal strategy and ensure a durable consolidation.”
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