General News of Monday, 31 July 2017

Source: classfmonline.com

Full Text: 2017 Mid-Year Budget Review

Ken Ofori Atta, Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta, Finance Minister

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta on Monday, July 31, presented the mid-year budget review to parliament.

Real GDP Growth for first quarter was 6.6 percent against 4.4 percent for the same period in 2016.

Agriculture was 7.8 percent against 5 percent for the same period in 2016;

Industry was 11.5 percent against 1.8 percent for the same period in 2016;

Services was 3.7 percent against 6.6 percent for the same period in 2016.

Non-oil GDP growth rate was 3.9 percent against 6.3 percent for the same period in 2016.

Attached is the full mid-year budget.

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