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Weak Jobs Report Does Not Eliminate Prospects of Interest Rate Rise

Officials at the Federal Reserve are chiefly focused on the trajectory of inflation after five years of overshooting the central bank’s 2 percent target.

Weak Jobs Report Does Not Eliminate Prospects of Interest Rate Rise

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IMF upgrades Ghana to moderate risk of debt distress

With continuing macroeconomic and exchange rate stability, and a clearer fiscal outlook, the IMF said in its Country Report on Ghana that the Staff now proposes to remove this judgement and upgrade Ghana to moderate risk of debt distress, consistent with the mechanical signal.

IMF upgrades Ghana to moderate risk of debt distress

With continuing macroeconomic and exchange rate stability, and a clearer fiscal outlook, the IMF said in its Country Report on Ghana that the Staff now proposes to remove this judgement and upgrade Ghana to moderate risk of debt distress, consistent with the mechanical signal.

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