{"id":31515,"date":"2026-04-11T11:08:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T09:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=31515"},"modified":"2026-04-11T11:08:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T09:08:18","slug":"moodys-revises-ghanas-outlook-to-positive-on-improvement-in-domestic-financing","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/moodys-revises-ghanas-outlook-to-positive-on-improvement-in-domestic-financing\/","title":{"rendered":"Moody&#8217;s revises Ghana&#8217;s outlook to &#8216;positive&#8217; on improvement in domestic financing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The gold, oil, and cocoa-producing nation in West \u200bAfrica is emerging from its \u200bmost severe economic crisis in decades.<\/div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><\/div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><\/div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">During \u2060a visit to parliament last November, \u200bFinance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson said \u200bGhana was poised for sustained growth in 2026.<\/div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Domestic financing costs have declined amid monetary easing and \u200ban improved fiscal position, while the \u200bresumption of domestic bond issuances will, if sustained, \u200cgradually \u2060reduce rollover risk,&#8221; Moody&#8217;s said in its report.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The sovereign lifted restrictions on new domestic bond issuance in March and issued its \u200bfirst seven-year \u200bdomestic bond \u2060in April, ending a pause implemented in 2023 following a \u200bdebt default.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>However, the agency maintained \u200bGhana&#8217;s \u2060ratings at &#8220;Caa1&#8221;, reflecting continuing credit constraints and high susceptibility to exchange rate and \u2060commodity \u200bprice volatility, especially with \u200bthe ongoing Middle East conflict.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":31516,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-31515","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Credit ratings agency Moody's \u200brevised Ghana's outlook to \"positive\" from \"stable\" \u200con Friday, citing an improvement in the country's finances.","published_date":"","news_description":"Credit ratings agency Moody's \u200brevised Ghana's outlook to \"positive\" from \"stable\" \u200con Friday, citing an improvement in the country's finances.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31517,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31515\/revisions\/31517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=31515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}