$750m Eurobond exposes Ghana’s weak economy

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  • Samson 9 years ago

    My understanding is that this bond is meant to pay off the 750million borrowed by NPP in 2007, so it is not a bad idea to reduce the repayment to 5 years to compel the government to pay it off quickly. The longer the period t ...
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  • Fred 9 years ago

    At a higher interest rate ??

  • Nii Danso 9 years ago

    Yes. Even at a higher interest rates.. Besides, everyone is talking about the fundamentals without talking about the effects of even deeper fundamentals. Economics and economic theory has changed. and that's why i feel sad t ...
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  • DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 9 years ago

    My friend, just don't waste your time on these desperadoes and their surrogates abound.

  • modinsane 9 years ago

    The NPP told us that it was going to be used to construct the western railway. At the end of the day they used the money to buy fuel and part of it was used to pay wages and salaries.

  • Nii Danso 9 years ago

    For the first time I am actually enjoying comments here because everyone so far seems to be asking the right questions based on issues. I wish its always like this.

  • Enny 9 years ago

    Exactly my Nii

  • NANA PROMISY 9 years ago

    Whatever! The interest rate is not necessarily high because of a weak economic. Any idiot may say so. Interest rate is a bundle of so many risk factors, and not necessarily a single factor, a weak economy.

    Ghanaian journa ...
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  • Franca 9 years ago

    What else do u want to see to accept that this economy is weak. This economy is growing @ 3%. Personal loan interest rate is 34%. Business loans is averaging 40%. And do you know interest on treasury bills.??? These are indic ...
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  • Nii Danso 9 years ago

    The IMF is a hatchet man. They are the reason why most of the world economies especially the the third world are failing. All the advise they been billing out on all these countries, can't someone wake the fuck up and tell th ...
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  • Him 9 years ago

    better borrow from donald trump. Borrow next time 750 billion

  • Ogyam 9 years ago

    NDC is the worst thing for ghana, yet because of illeteracy , they will still get considerable amount of votes.

  • NPP KWASEAFUO PARTY. NPP JIMIFUO KUO 9 years ago

    I looks at the figures and this is the term structure of payment that Bawumia and the Osei Asibey won't give you. I provide them for free for all to view.


    5 Year 750 million Loan @ 9.25% (Annual Loan Payment of $194,071, ...
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  • NPP KWASEAFUO PARTY. NPP JIMIFUO KUO 9 years ago

    I look at the figures and this is the term structure of payment that Bawumia and the Osei Asibey won't give you.

    Sorry for the poor layout of the figures. The 1st $ sign marks the Interest amount and the 2nd $ sign marks t ...
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  • DKB 9 years ago

    You were more interested in insulting a section of Ghanaians rather than focus your argument on facts and getting your point across, no wonder you have to come back and apologise for your poor layout.

  • NPP KWASEAFUO PARTY. NPP JIMIFUO KUO 9 years ago

    Fuck you and fuck your fucking prostitute mother. My interest is in the numbers, numbers that you can never come up with. Onye gbemi agbo!

  • DOG BEATER 9 years ago

    SAME AMOUNT AT SAME INTEREST RATE FOR 5YRS COSTS LESS THAN SAME AMOUNT FOR SAME RATE FOR 15YRS COS LESS TOTAL INTEREST PAYMENT COS LESS YEARS. 5YR LOAN ONLY MEANS U REPAY MORE OF THE ACTUAL LOAN EACH YEAR IE IN 5YRS INSTEAD O ...
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  • kwasi addo 9 years ago

    listing to urself, if its npp euro bond payment they are.raising this bond for it will be next yr not now