{"id":216352,"date":"2025-10-21T21:33:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T21:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/216352\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T21:33:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T21:33:10","slug":"fitch-revises-ghanas-growth-projection-to-4-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/216352\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitch revises Ghana&#8217;s growth projection to 4.9%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/business\/Fitch-revises-Ghana-s-growth-projection-to-4-9-2006126?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/24177026.295.jpg\" alt=\"Fitch Solutions expects Ghana's growth to hold around 5.% in 2026\" title=\"Fitch Solutions expects Ghana's growth to hold around 5.% in 2026\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/> <\/a>Fitch Solutions expects Ghana&#8217;s growth to hold around 5.% in 2026<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">UK-based research firm Fitch Solutions has revised Ghana&#8217;s growth projection for 2025 from 4.2% to 4.9%.<\/p>\n<p>This reflects improved macroeconomic stability, supported by a decline in inflationary pressures and the current appreciation of the cedi.<\/p>\n<p>In its September 2025 monthly report, Fitch noted that Ghana&#8217;s economy remained steady despite headwinds from fiscal consolidation and high interest rates.<\/p>\n<p>Fitch expects growth to hold at around 5% in 2026, backed by lower inflation, monetary easing, and increased public expenditure.<\/p>\n<p>The stronger outlook follows a robust first-quarter performance, with GDP expanding by 5.3% year-on-year, driven largely by improved agricultural output.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/business\/Fitch-Solutions-revises-Ghana-s-GDP-growth-forecast-from-4-2-to-4-9-1988581\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fitch Solutions revises Ghana&#8217;s GDP growth forecast from 4.2% to 4.9%<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Data from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) shows growth moderated to 4.5% in July 2025, compared to 8.3% during the same period last year.<\/p>\n<p>Agriculture remained the top performer, expanding by 8.0%, a sharp rebound from 2.4% in July 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The report also projects inflation to decline to 8.0% by the end of 2025, down from 11.5% in August, marking the lowest rate in four years.<\/p>\n<p>SP\/MA<\/p>\n<p>Watch the latest edition of BizTech below:<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fitch Solutions expects Ghana&#8217;s growth to hold around 5.% in 2026 UK-based research firm Fitch Solutions has revised&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[84,1294,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-216352","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}