Economy of the European Union

International

Election Risks, Retail Sales Hurt Pound and Euro

Falls for the euro and the pound dominated trade in the major global currencies on Friday, hit by a combination of...

Business

Negative Return On Oil Cash Investment

IT has emerged that the performance of the Ghana Petroleum Funds’ portfolios declined in the second of 2016. In an...

International

UK Economy To Slow Down, Says European Commission

The UK economy will slow down sharply over the next couple of years The UK economy will slow down sharply over the next...

International

European Financial Market Unnerved By French Politics

The increasingly unpredictable French presidential election race unnerved European financial markets on Tuesday,...

Business

Ghana To Miss Three Economic Factors

Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has announced Ghana will miss three key economic targets in 2017. The three include the...

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Govt To Miss Three Key Targets

Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has announced Ghana will miss three key economic targets in 2017. The three include the...

International

Dollar Heads For Fourth Weekly Fall Ahead of Payrolls

The dollar inched fractionally higher on Friday, as it limped toward U. S. jobs data facing its fourth straight weekly...

International

Dollar Struggles After Worst Start To Year In Decades

The dollar recovered a little ground on Wednesday after recording its worst start to the year in three decades on...

Business

Ghana Risks Downgrade By Rating Agencies

Ghana might record a possible downgrade by credit rating agencies during their periodic assessments of economies in...

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Ghana Risks Downgrade By Rating Agencies

Ghana might record a possible downgrade by credit rating agencies during their periodic assessment of economies in...

International

Fitch Downgrades Nigeria’s Long-Term Rating

Ratings agency Fitch has downgraded the outlook on Nigeria’s long-term debt to B+ following concerns on the west...

Business

Govt To Roll Out Fiscal Stability Act By End of 2017

Finance Minister Nominee, Ken Ofori Atta has disclosed to Citi Business News government should commence the...

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Govt To Roll Out Fiscal Stability Act By End of 2017

Finance Minister Nominee, Ken Ofori Atta has disclosed to Citi Business News government should commence the...

International

European Shares Dip, Sterling Falls On Brexit Comments

The dollar edged higher on Monday, boosted by robust U. S. wage growth data strengthening the case for more Federal...

International

Asian Flash Surge Takes Euro To $1.07

A short-lived surge in the euro dominated this year's last day of trade in major foreign exchange markets on Friday,...

International

Eurogroup’s Dijsselbloem Says Greek Debt Relief Talks Can Resume

Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on Saturday talks about initial Greek debt relief measures would be resumed...

International

Greece Passes Pension Deal In Defiance of Bailout Creditors

The Greek parliament has defied the international creditors providing Athens' bailout funds and voted through a one-off...

Business

Ghana’s Coupon Rate On Eurobond Too High

A chartered economic policy analyst, Dr Williams Abayaawien Atulik, has expressed concern about the coupon rate on the...

Business

Deficit Threat Comes Alive As Voting Day Looms

Without exception, all the major international ratings agencies have predicted a budget deficit overrun in 2016, a...