The Vice-President, Mr Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, has said that data available to the government do not lend credence to observations by international rating agencies such as Fitch of the United Kingdom that the Ghanaian economy is dehydrated.

"Information in the possession of the government does not, under any circumstance, lend support to the gloomy picture of the economy being painted by the international rating agencies," he said.

Speaking to newsmen at the Flagstaff House last Tuesday, the Vice-President described statements being made about the economy by the agencies as dramatic, since they did not reflect the situation on the ground.

He said the government was prepared to share with such agencies critical information on the economy which would negate assertions being made about the country’s economy.

According to him, the agencies were duty bound to constantly update information on Ghana’s economy, taking into account new developments and dynamics on the local and external fronts.

The Vice-President was optimistic that the economy would recover from its current constraints and relieve the people from hardships.