{"id":278161,"date":"2019-06-06T00:05:49","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T04:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CBMiZWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmV6ZWdhLmNvbS9OZXdzL05ld3NEZXRhaWxzLzcxMjkvRXRoaW9waWEtQXZvaWRpbmctSW50ZXJuYXRpb25hbC1Db21tZXJjaWFsLUxvYW5zLU1pbmlzdHJ50gEA?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-26T11:16:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T15:16:03","slug":"the-finance-ministry-said-ethiopia-was-avoiding-new-international-commercial-loans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/278161","title":{"rendered":"The finance ministry said Ethiopia was avoiding new international commercial loans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In June 2019 Ezega reported that Ethiopia\u2019s Ministry of Finance said the country was avoiding international commercial loans because of worries about accumulated debt.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-468257\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ethiopias-Banking-Sector-Faces-Challenges-in-Welcoming-Foreign-Investment.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The finance ministry said Ethiopia was avoiding new international commercial loans\" \/>\n<p>The statement fit a period when Addis Ababa was renegotiating Chinese and other project loans while trying to slow fresh hard-currency borrowing, so it remains a useful marker of official debt caution.<\/p>\n<p>Kept as economy archive, the Ezega report dates the ministry\u2019s mid-2019 public line against new commercial borrowing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ezega.com\/News\/NewsDetails\/7129\/Ethiopia-Avoiding-International-Commercial-Loans-Ministry\">Ezega<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethiopia Avoiding International Commercial Loans &#8211; Ministry&nbsp;&nbsp;EzegaJune 5, 2019 (Ezega.com) &#8212; Ethiopian Ministry of Finance has disclosed the country is avoiding commercial loans due to worries of accumulated debt. F.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":468257,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ethiopias-Banking-Sector-Faces-Challenges-in-Welcoming-Foreign-Investment.jpg?fit=1280%2C640&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1amt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278161"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":755053,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278161\/revisions\/755053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}