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Bank of Ghana staff and the IMF team that has led the Technical Assistance (TA) project on developing a Forecasting and Policy Analysis System (FPAS) at the Bank of Ghana (BOG). The TA project has been conducted by ICD since 2019 and financed by the second African Regional Technical Assistance Centre in West Africa (AFRITAC West 2). The authors greatly appreciate the BOG management for their support to the FPAS TA project. The authors are also grateful to Martin Fukac for his earlier contributions to the TA project; to Paul Cashin and Philippe Karam for their feedback; to the IMF African Department Ghana team for their collaboration and support to the FPAS TA project; and to participants at an ICD seminar for their helpful comments. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Bank of Ghana, National Bank of Georgia, IMF, its Executive Board, or IMF management.