{"id":526343,"date":"2026-04-12T05:34:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T05:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/526343\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T05:34:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T05:34:19","slug":"moodys-revises-ghanas-economic-outlook-from-stable-to-positive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/526343\/","title":{"rendered":"Moody&#8217;s revises Ghana&#8217;s economic outlook from &#8216;stable&#8217; to &#8216;positive&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/business\/Moody-s-revises-Ghana-s-economic-outlook-from-stable-to-positive-2029607?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/52426811.295.jpg\" alt=\"According to Moody\u2019s, the country\u2019s finances has improved\" title=\"According to Moody\u2019s, the country\u2019s finances has improved\" width=\"295\" height=\"172\" \/> <\/a>According to Moody\u2019s, the country\u2019s finances has improved<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Credit ratings agency Moody\u2019s revised Ghana\u2019s outlook to \u201cpositive\u201d from \u201cstable\u201d on Friday, citing improvements in the country\u2019s finances.<\/p>\n<p>The gold, oil, and cocoa-producing nation in West Africa is emerging from its most severe economic crisis in decades. <\/p>\n<p>In an address to parliament last November, Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson said Ghana was poised for sustained growth in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDomestic financing costs have declined amid monetary easing and an improved fiscal position, while the resumption of domestic bond issuances will, if sustained, gradually reduce rollover risk,\u201d Moody\u2019s noted in its report.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/business\/Meet-Pamela-Graham-the-new-Auditor-General-nominee-2029605\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meet Pamela Graham, the new Auditor-General nominee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The government lifted restrictions on new domestic bond issuance in March and issued its first seven-year domestic bond in April, ending a pause implemented in 2023 following a debt default.<\/p>\n<p>However, the agency maintained Ghana\u2019s rating at \u201cCaa1,\u201d reflecting ongoing credit constraints and high susceptibility to exchange rate and commodity price volatility, particularly amid the continuing Middle East conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to Moody\u2019s, the country\u2019s finances has improved Credit ratings agency Moody\u2019s revised Ghana\u2019s outlook to \u201cpositive\u201d from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":526344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[84,1294,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-526343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526343","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=526343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}