Government has projected that for the first quarter of next year it will spend GH¢1.88 billion on interest payments, an amount which is 50 percent more than the planned expenditure on capital or...
Commercial banks are worried government is competing with them for dollars locally, following the successful issuance of the first domestic treasury dollar bond, which raised some US$94.6 million....
Two months to the end of the year, Citi Business News has gathered the Oil and Gas industry is marked to be the main driver of economic growth in 2017. The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC)...
Government missed its budget deficit target in the first seven months of 2016 as the government raised less revenue than forecast and exceeded spending plans for goods, services and capital...
The chief whip of South Africa's governing political party has called on its entire leadership - including President Jacob Zuma - to step down. Jackson Mthembu said fraud charges against the finance...
The President, John Dramani Mahama, has virtually questioned the whereabouts of the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) fund, which came to the Kufuor-led government, as a result of debt...
A report by Fitch Group, a UK-based research company, has predicted that the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will win the December 7 presidential election. The...
An Economist and Member of Parliament (MP) for New Juaben South, Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah, is cautioning Ghanaians not to expect anything good from the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) in...
As the Nigerian maxim goes, “The day the monkey is destined to die, all the tree branches become slippery.” President Mahama has now realised that he is in a battle of his life, and that contrary...
Economist, Dr. Lord Mensah has criticized the almost 2 billion cedis budget deficit in the advance expenditure appropriation presented by the Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper. Parliament, on...
Ghana’s Parliament has approved a GHC10.9 billion request by the government to help finance “critical government expenditure” in the first quarter of 2017. This follows the recommendation for...
Parliament has approved a sum of 10.9 billion cedis to be used for the first 3 months of 2017 by an government that would be sworn in after the December 7 polls later this year. The amount is...
The announced presentation of an advanced budget covering government spending for the first quarter of 2017 has been cancelled. According to Starr News’ Parliamentary Correspondent, Kobby Gomez...
Contrary to government’s denial of a weakening economy, Business Finder can confirm that the same government has admitted difficult economic times to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). A letter...
The Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper, is expected in Parliament today, October 20, 2016 to present an advanced budget covering government spending for the first quarter of 2017. The move has become...
Those without short memories can recollect that Dr. Bawumia was the least of choices for the position of the NPP's flagbearer running mate ahead of the 2008 elections. Most political analysts and...
As the Finance Minister prepares to present a first quarter 2017 budget to parliament on Thursday, Economist Dr. Ebo Turkson has urged the government to clearly demonstrate how it intends to finance...
A former Governor of Bank of Ghana (BoG) Dr. Kwabene Duffuor has urged residents in Sekyere Afram Plains constituency to vote massively for the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) to retain the...
Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, an economist, has challenged recent assertions by President John Mahama and Finance Minister Seth Terkper that international ratings agency Moody’s upgraded Ghana recently. The...
Government has raised a total of 96.4 million dollars in its first local dollar denominated bond at a rate of 6.0 percent. Total bids were 99.6 million dollars but government accepted 96.4 million...
