The Bank of Ghana has posted losses totaling GH¢60.81 billion for the 2022 financial year. This compares to a profit of GH¢1.23 billion recorded in the 2021 financial year. The losses were as result of government’s domestic debt restructuring activities, the depreciation of the local currency, among others. The BoG’s audited financial statement for 2022 which was released yesterday (July 28) indicated that as at 31 December 2022, the total liabilities of the central bank and its subsidiaries exceeded its total assets by GH¢54.52 billion. The decline in the Group’s net worth position was attributed to the impact of the Domestic Debt Exchange Program (DDEP) and impairment of some assets of the Group. This was specifically due to the Impairment of Government of Ghana securities holdings of GH¢48.45 billion which was occasioned by the DDEP; Impairment of loans and advances granted to Quasi-government and financial institutions amounting to GH¢6.12 billion; and the depreci...