Trade deficit is not bad news, Oil could be reason?

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• The mask 10 years ago

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• United Ghana 10 years ago

  Nonsense. What about countries that have no oil? Just another sycophantic article. Persistent balance of payments deficits are destructive to an economy and domestic enterprise

  Nonsense. What about countries that have no oil? Just another sycophantic article. Persistent balance of payments deficits are destructive to an economy and domestic enterprise

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• Ghanaba 10 years ago

  The fact is that as leaders you need to manage the economy so that we do not have unnecessary deficits. We have gold, cocoa and other natural resources. It is highly embarrassing to say it's oil causing the deficit. We know y ...
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  The fact is that as leaders you need to manage the economy so that we do not have unnecessary deficits. We have gold, cocoa and other natural resources. It is highly embarrassing to say it's oil causing the deficit. We know you politicians do not know everything but sometimes these things coming out of our leaders is a bit embarrassing.

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• JAMES Y 10 years ago

  In Ghana every conceivable consumer item is imported so; what do you expect? A deficit in the balance of payment, especially, as Ghana produces less. If the items imported were capital goods, it would have been well and good ...
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  In Ghana every conceivable consumer item is imported so; what do you expect? A deficit in the balance of payment, especially, as Ghana produces less. If the items imported were capital goods, it would have been well and good since they would be used to produce goods, locally, to upset the imbalance. But this has been not the case. We like to consume, what has been often called, 'Made in There' goods and we must be paying for it. It's as simple as that!

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• Concerned citizen 10 years ago

  You can only comparing the ghanaian economy with that of UK and keep a straight face on April fools day.
  
  Thanks for making my day!

  You can only comparing the ghanaian economy with that of UK and keep a straight face on April fools day.
  
  Thanks for making my day!

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• Lord Tennison 10 years ago

  The government should get serious and erase or take the bite out of the balance of payment deficit by sound import management and increased exports to bring in more foreign currencies,especially US dollars.Otherwise,we cannot ...
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  The government should get serious and erase or take the bite out of the balance of payment deficit by sound import management and increased exports to bring in more foreign currencies,especially US dollars.Otherwise,we cannot keep the value of the Cedi at a reasonable value or exchange rate.
  The imports are exerting a lot of demand pressure on the Cedi which could have been diffused by market intervention on the Forex market by the Bank of Ghana through its open market operations.But the wherewithal is conspicuously absent,the foreign exchange.
  In this regard,the most feasible alternative is to stop the importation of the toothpicks and co. for judicious use of the dwindling foreign exchange reserves and correct or minimize the deficit.
  The exhorbitant bond issues are cosmetic.And so are the cocoa IOUs and the impending IMF SoS.
  We need to revisit our export arsenal and reorganize for more foreign exchange.

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• Ukulele 10 years ago

  What a bunch of rubbish... There are two sides to this equation and nothing has been said about reducing imports. Limit unnecessary importation of cars for govt enterprises and individuals and use the limited foreign exchange ...
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  What a bunch of rubbish... There are two sides to this equation and nothing has been said about reducing imports. Limit unnecessary importation of cars for govt enterprises and individuals and use the limited foreign exchange to import production based goods. Goods that can convert our resources into products that can be marketed externally to generate the highly needed foreign exchange... Don't just promote Ghanaian produce/products, create the market overseas by tapping into and empowering those Ghanaian who live in the diaspora. These people are our ticket to accessing the external market.... The Jews did it in the US the Italians did it selling basic tomatoes in their new countries of residence such as Australia. Why can't we do this? Because we are not organised enough and lack planning abilities. Let's get creative Ghana!

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