{"id":279004,"date":"2019-06-15T03:24:14","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T07:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CBMiU2h0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnRoZXJlcG9ydGVyZXRoaW9waWEuY29tL2FydGljbGUvY3J1bmNoLXRpbWUtZXRoaW9waWFzLWZvcmV4LXByZWRpY2FtZW500gEA?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-30T11:15:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T15:15:56","slug":"the-reporter-analysed-ethiopias-foreign-exchange-crunch-after-years-of-growth-first-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/279004","title":{"rendered":"The Reporter analysed Ethiopia\u2019s foreign-exchange crunch after years of growth-first policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 15 June 2019 The Reporter Ethiopia published an analysis titled \u201cCrunch time,\u201d arguing that the EPRDF\u2019s long drive for rapid economic transformation had left the country facing a severe foreign-exchange shortage.<\/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 Reporter analysed Ethiopia\u2019s foreign-exchange crunch after years of growth-first policy\" \/>\n<p>The essay linked scarce hard currency to import dependence, delayed payments, and the need for reform sequencing as Abiy Ahmed\u2019s government opened selected state firms.<\/p>\n<p>Kept as macroeconomy archive, the Reporter analysis dates a mid-2019 reading of Ethiopia\u2019s forex predicament.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thereporterethiopia.com\/article\/crunch-time-ethiopias-forex-predicament\">The Reporter Ethiopia<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crunch time: Ethiopia&#8217;s forex predicament&nbsp;&nbsp;The Reporter EthiopiaIf there is one characteristic that defines the incumbent EPRDF in the past two decades it would be its near-obsession resolve to bring about rapid economic &#8230;<\/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-279004","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-1aA4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279004","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=279004"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":755230,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279004\/revisions\/755230"}],"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=279004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}