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Cassiel Ato Forson

Date of Birth: 5 August 1978


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Economic green shoots lift Mahama’s first 100 days

It also forced Mahama's hand on some of the early post-election promises as his Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson made some difficult trade-offs on tax and borrowing (AC Vol 66 No 6 Can Forson's budget reset the economy...

Cassiel Ato Baah Forson Finance Minister and former Majority Leader is a prominent National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP for Ajumako Enyan Essiam in the Central Region...

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Mahama’s plans clash with IMF strictures

After his January appointment Mahama's Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson suggested seeking more IMF finance and external funding to ease reliance on local borrowing which remains costly despite cuts in Treasury bill rates (AC Vol 65 No 22 Accra jumps through more debt hoops)...


Can Forson’s budget reset the economy?

Reading the 2025 budget to parliament on 11 March Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson kept to the economic reset script and promises of a far-reaching National Economic Dialogue championed by President John Dramani Mahama...


Mahama’s government goes private

When Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson presents the 2025 budget on 11 March fiscal measures to reduce debt create jobs and cut taxes such as the betting tax Covid-19 levy and the electronic transactions levy will top the agenda...


Questions on electioneering budget

Its parliamentary leader Cassiel Ato Forson described the budget in the debate on 29 November as cruel and 'out of touch'...

Among those making this observation is the National Democratic Congress's (NDC) Cassiel Ato Forson who suggests a less favourable agreement with official creditors will in turn require 'immediate provision' in the 2024 national budget for greater-than-anticipated debt service on the excluded debt...


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