{
  "id": 187501,
  "title": "BoG’s gold purchase programme involving GoldBod lost GH¢22bn in 2025, IMF says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/bogs-gold-purchase-programme-involving-goldbod-lost-gh-22bn-in-2025",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-05T17:51:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/bogs-gold-purchase-programme-involving-goldbod-lost-gh%c2%a222bn-in-2025-imf-says/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Bank of Ghana's domestic gold-buying scheme run in tandem with the state-owned Ghana Gold Board racked up losses of GH¢22 billion, equivalent to 1.5% of gross domestic product, in a single year, the International Monetary Fund said, a figure far larger than earlier estimates that had already stirred political controversy.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}