After months of negotiations for a $3 billion rescue, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Ghana are anticipated to announce a staff-level agreement on a loan arrangement today, Tuesday, December 13.
The two parties will announce the deal during a joint news conference on Tuesday morning.
This will open the door for the Fund Board to think about and maybe adopt a program for the nation.
As the economy struggles through its worst crisis in twenty years, Ghana appealed to the IMF in July for a $3 billion three-year bailout.
The country in West Africa that produces cocoa, gold, and oil has stated that it needs the agreement before the end of the year.
The government has started reorganizing its debt by introducing a proposal to replace $10.5 billion in local bonds with new ones. However, both organized labor and the general public have reacted angrily to this action.
The Ghanaian Cedi, meanwhile, was listed as the world's best-performing currency last week.
This brief upswing in the economy is attributable to Ghana's effort to restructure its domestic debt.
According to this Bloomberg story, there is anticipation that the country will receive the $3 billion bailout it has been demanding from the International Monetary Fund for months along with the increase in currency value.
The cedi has increased 10% in the last five days, marking the largest gain among the roughly 150 currencies tracked by Bloomberg. That is a reversal for an exchange rate that dropped to the bottom of the rankings earlier this year after losing half of its value.
More quotes from the study quote Charles Robertson, the global chief economist at Renaissance Capital Ltd. in London: "The currency was the lowest in Africa, more than 30% undervalued compared to its 25-year history last week, so some return after the enormous decline recently isn't that surprising." Additionally, the IMF is here, which ought to facilitate dollar support.