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Govt shared different macroeconomic data with Ghanaians and IMF

factcheck-ghana.com has crosschecked the data submitted to the IMF by the authorities and what has been previously shared with Ghanaians and published by the Ministry of Finance. Based on the figures, we conclude that indeed, the data presented by the government to the IMF are different from those in budget statements.

The fact-checking team found disparities between the data published in the statement of the IMF and data from the Budget Statements of 2019 and 2020 that the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori Atta, presented to Parliament.

May 8, 2020

References:

• https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Fact-check-Govt-shared-different-macroeconomic-data-with-Ghanaians-and-IMF-945721
• https://yen.com.gh/156015-fact-check-did-government-share-different-macroeconomic-data-ghanaians-imf.html
• https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2020/04/13/pr20153-ghana-imf-executive-board-approves-a-us-1-billion-disbursement-to-ghana-to-address-covid-19
• https://www.mofep.gov.gh/budget-statements/2019
• https://www.mofep.gov.gh/budget-statements/2020
• https://www.fact-checkghana.com/yes-govt-shared-different-macroeconomic-data-with-ghanaians-and-the-imf/