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Ghana’s Debt Moves Deeper Into Distress, Bloomberg Index Shows

January 13, 2022
Stephen M.Cby Stephen M.C
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Ghana’s Debt Moves Deeper Into Distress, Bloomberg Index Shows

Ghana’s debt situation continues to worsen by the day as bondholders are no longer prepared to purchase government’s bonds and investors are growing impatient. Bloomberg

The West African nation’s dollar bonds have slumped 10% in 10 days, moving deeper into distressed territory as investors judge that re-financing debt in the Eurobond market won’t be an option when the Federal Reserve hikes rates and budget targets remain elusive.

The extra premium demanded on Ghana’s sovereign dollar debt jumped on Tuesday, January 11, 2022 to an average 1,145 basis points, from 683 basis points in September. Ghana’s $27 billion of foreign debt had the worst start to the year among emerging markets, extending last year’s 14% loss, according to a Bloomberg index. 

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Investors are questioning whether Ghana – West Africa’s second-biggest economy – can sustain its debt levels if a surge in borrowing costs shuts it out of international markets. Government debt climbed to 81.5% of gross domestic product at the end of last year, from 31.4% a decade ago, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. 

This places Ghana among the most vulnerable credits to tighter U.S. monetary policy, despite strong economic growth.

“The market has woken up to the fact that this is a country with a lot of outstanding bonds. A lot of people went into last year with overweight positions and a lot of them have started to throw in the towel”.

Kevin Daly, investment director at Aberdeen Standard Investments in London

Rising yields on debt

According to Bloomberg, the West African nation’s $750 million bonds due in March 2027 fell 10 cents this month to 78.6 cents on the dollar on Tuesday, January 11, 2022 sending the yield to nearly 14%.

Of 14 Ghanaian dollar bonds, 13 are trading with an extra premium of at least 1,000 basis points, a level considered distressed, a Bloomberg index tracking sovereign debt showed. 

“I don’t expect them to default in 2022, as they have enough foreign-exchange reserves, but medium to longer term, it becomes an issue as Ghana has lost access to the Eurobond market for rolling over debt.

“They have too much debt for the size of the economy and investors have lost conviction in the government’s willingness to consolidate spending and take necessary measures”.

Joe Delvaux, a portfolio manager at Amundi in London

Failure to pass e-levy waning investor confidence  

The government’s failure to pass a new levy on electronic money transfers through parliament in November has also made investors doubt whether it has the political capital to pass revenue-raising measures in parliament or reign in spending to reduce borrowing needs, according to Bloomberg.

The opposition to the tax reform and plans to end a subsidy on pharmaceutical and vehicle imports will make it hard for the government to meet this year’s budget deficit target of 7.4%, down from 12.1% last year. 

“There’s no appetite for a new Ghana issuance at this stage and probably won’t be until the government has consolidated its public finances more meaningfully,” said Carlos de Sousa, who helps oversee a $3.8 billion developing-nation bond fund at Vontobel Asset Management in Zurich.

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