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Ofori-Atta bets on the E-Levy, rejects IMF | Article Preview

Locked out of the markets and hit by ratings downgrades, the government is trying to supercharge revenues and hack away at spending, As Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and his Treasury team rule out any resort to the International Monetary Fund on nationalist grounds, they are taking a different set of political risks by imposing an unpopular electronic transaction tax (the E-Levy) and pledging to cut state spending by up to a fifth. As Ghana exited its IMF extended credit facility back in April...
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Debtpocalypse Now: Here's What Will Happen If US Defaults on Its Mountain of Debt

On Monday, Senate Republicans blocked legislation to raise the debt ceiling and allow the US to avoid an impending government shutdown and possible default. On Tuesday, the GOP also pooh-poohed a proposal by Democrats to allow for the debt ceiling to be raised with a simple majority vote, instead of the 60 vote supermajority ordinarily needed. The United States is hurtling toward the historically unprecedented prospect of defaulting on tens of trillions of dollars in debt as government funding i...
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