U. S. economic growth slowed sharply in the fourth quarter as a plunge in shipments of soybeans weighed on exports, but steady consumer spending and rising business investment pointed to sustained...
A governance analyst and former chief economist at the Bank of Ghana, Dr. A. O Abudu says it will be possible or feasible for the various districts, municipalities and metropolis to adopt reforms in...
Global economic growth is forecast to accelerate moderately to 2.7 percent in 2017 after a post-crisis low last year as obstacles to activity recede among emerging market and developing economy...
Sub-Saharan African growth is expected to pick up modestly to 2.9 percent in 2017 as the region continues to adjust to lower commodity prices. This according to the January 2017 global economic...
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a UK-based leading provider of country, industry and management analysis, has forecast a 7 percent growth for Ghana’s economy next year. In its latest review...
Investors resumed the post-U. S. election trade of selling bonds and buying stocks on Wednesday after a pause earlier this week, albeit less aggressively, with Japan's 10-year bond yield hitting its...
European share markets rallied on Thursday after Asian stocks rebounded from Wednesday's sharp sell-off in the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump's US election victory. Hopes that Mr Trump will...
U. S. financial markets witnessed wild swings after U.S. Republican Donald Trump won the country’s presidential election, but then stabilized and regained momentum as Wall Street further digested...
Asian share markets have bounced back after seeing a sharp sell-off on Wednesday in the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump's US election victory. Thursday's rally followed rises in Europe and the...
World trade was already stalling before Donald Trump won the U. S. presidential election. Now, one of the main engines of global economic growth could go into reverse. Trump has promised to rip up...
Some economists have predicted that Ghana will end this year (2016), with a budget deficit of 6 percent to GDP. They contend that the increased expenditure by government without an equal increase in...
As China announced the appointment of a new finance minister on Monday, analysts said major fiscal policies will not change and the country can use more policy tools to help anchor its economic...
If Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton impose anti-trade policies, the US and global economy would face a "catastrophe", putting the president out of office four years later, the head of the World Trade...
Inflation could hit 4% in the second half of 2017 - with price increases set to damage the economy through weakened consumer spending power. The prediction was made by the National Institute of...
The Finance Minister, Seth Terkper has strongly indicated that the government is seriously considering issuing diaspora bonds to raise cheaper funds in a bid to tap into the wealth of Ghanaian...
The former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund has told the BBC a slowdown in China is the greatest threat to the global economy. Ken Rogoff said a calamitous "hard landing" for one of...
Ghana issued a $750 million Eurobond on Thursday at a more favourable yield of 9.25 percent compared to its last sale, officials said, bringing in badly needed cash to balance the government's budget...
