{
  "id": 19833845,
  "title": "Ato Forson recalls economic meltdown Under NPP",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/ato-forson-recalls-economic-meltdown-under-npp",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-13T16:20:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ghanaian Times",
    "slug": "ghanaian-times",
    "url": "https://ghanaiantimes.com.gh/ato-forson-recalls-economic-meltdown-under-npp/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, Ghana's Minister of Finance, has recounted the severe economic difficulties experienced during the previous NPP government's tenure, describing it as an economic meltdown that inflicted a significant human toll. In his presentation of the 2027 Budget, Dr. Forson painted a bleak picture of the country's economic condition by the close of 2022. Inflation had surged to 54.1 percent, the primary balance was a deficit of 4.3 percent of GDP, the IMF had classified Ghana's debt as over 100 percent of GDP, and international reserves had dwindled to less than three weeks of import cover.\n\nWhile these figures encapsulate the magnitude of the economic downfall, they fail to fully convey the human impact. Dr. Forson emphasized that the crisis affected every household and business, resulting in severe hardships. Food prices became prohibitively expensive, transportation costs escalated, and the cost of medicine rose dramatically. Pension funds and savings diminished, and businesses were devastated by high interest rates and the swift depreciation of the cedi. Dr. Forson detailed that families were compelled to make heart-wrenching decisions, such as postponing education, housing, and healthcare. He further explained that the debt restructuring imposed painful and abrupt reductions in payments on households, pension funds, banks, businesses, and investors.",
  "summary": "The Minister of Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has recalled the severe economic hardship Ghanaians went through under the previous NPP government, describing it as an economic meltdown with a heavy human cost. Presenting the 2027 Budget, Dr. Forson painted a grim picture of the state of the economy by the end of 2022. He … The post Ato Forson recalls economic meltdown Under NPP appeared first…",
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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."
}