Tag: budget deficit

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has projected the government’s budget deficit target at 6.5 percent. This represents 13.2 billion cedis of the difference between the government’s revenue expectations for 2017 compared to the expenditure targets for the period. Government’s total revenue target for 2017 is estimated at 44.9 billion cedis against a targeted expenditure of  58.1 billion…