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Government questions Moody’s downgrade

mills by mills
February 7, 2022
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The Government has questioned the international credit rating agency, Moody’s recent downgrade of Ghana from B3 to Caa1 with a stable outlook on the Long-Term Issuer and Senior unsecured bond ratings.

In an official statement, government explained that the forecast and projections had inaccurate balance of payments statistics, lack of supporting quantitative analysis, or data on Environmental, Social, and governance credentials.

It also complained about the “omission” of key material information such as the 2022 Budget expenditure control measures – 2022 upfront fiscal adjustments.

The Ministry of Finance, in a media statement, also protested the appointment of a new primary credit analyst for Ghana, only four weeks to the release of credit ratings.

Government also had issues with, “the Committee’s refusal to consider deferring such a monumental rating action until the analyst had enough time to more fully understand both the quantitative and qualitative aspects of the Ghana credit story.”

The Ministry noted that issues identified to warrant a downgrade had been addressed by the Government with the announcement of fiscal consolidation measures, which were anchored on debt sustainability and a positive primary balance.

Moody’s in its decision to downgrade Ghana mentioned the “increasingly difficult task government faces in addressing the intertwined liquidity and debt challenges, pandemic induced revenue underperformance, tight funding conditions on international markets, materially decreasing governance and institutional strength and inflexibilities in the government budget.”

The rating agency in giving Ghana a stable outlook, however, highlighted attractive prospects over the medium term, which it said was based on balancing challenges, against the government’s pre-pandemic track record of relatively effective policy delivery and maintenance of a variety of funding sources.”

The Ministry explained, “we are at odds to understand Moody’s assertion of the deterioration of Ghana’s institutional strength given Ghana’s reputation as a beacon of democracy in Africa.”

The Ministry noted that issues identified to warrant a downgrade had been addressed by the Government with the announcement of fiscal consolidation measures, which were anchored on debt sustainability and a positive primary balance.

Moody’s in its decision to downgrade Ghana mentioned the “increasingly difficult task government faces in addressing the intertwined liquidity and debt challenges, pandemic induced revenue underperformance, tight funding conditions on international markets, materially decreasing governance and institutional strength and inflexibilities in the government budget.”

The rating agency in giving Ghana a stable outlook, however, highlighted attractive prospects over the medium term, which it said was based on balancing challenges, against the government’s pre-pandemic track record of relatively effective policy delivery and maintenance of a variety of funding sources.”

The Ministry explained, “we are at odds to understand Moody’s assertion of the deterioration of Ghana’s institutional strength given Ghana’s reputation as a beacon of democracy in Africa.”

Source : Myjoyonline

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