{
  "id": 4808314,
  "title": "Ghana earned US$4.3 billion surplus in first quarter of 2026 - Government Statistician",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/ghana-earned-us-4-3-billion-surplus-in-first-quarter-of-2026",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T06:54:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "3News",
    "slug": "3news",
    "url": "https://3news.com/news/ghana-earned-a-gh-46-1-billion-us-4-3-billion-surplus"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In the first quarter of 2026, Ghana traded GH₵174.6 billion (US$16.1 billion) with the world and earned a GH₵46.1 billion (US$4.3 billion) surplus - Government Statistician Dr Alhassan Iddrisu",
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        "outlet": "3News",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/gold-remains-ghanas-biggest-export-earning-the-country-gh-63-7bn-in",
        "published": "2026-09-01T07:00:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/goldbod-now-owns-all-the-risk-what-the-bank-of-ghanas-exit-from-the",
        "published": "2026-09-01T08:24:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
}