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Government Will Not Overspend This Year – Kwesi Botchway
The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), has downplayed fears government will overspend this year because...
Government Will Not Overspend This Year – Dr. Kwesi Botchway
The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), has downplayed fears government will overspend this year because...
APEC Meeting Is Scheduled To Promote More Public Events
The 24th APEC Economic Leaders’ Week is set to promote 150 different public and private events next week, the...
Maiden 10-Year Bond Fetches Ghana GHS438m At 19% Interest
Government has raised 438 million cedis ($110 million) worth of bids for its first 10-year domestic bond issued today...
How Smart Policies Can Lessen Effects Of Climate Change
According to a famous African proverb, “When the music changes, so does the dance.” This adage illustrates the...
Gov’t To Increase Investment In Agric – Amissah-Arthur
Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has stated that the NDC government would continue to increase public investment in...
Tis Time For Africas Voice
There’s an African proverb which goes: “If the owner of the land leads you, you cannot get lost.” Between...
U.S. Stocks, Dollar Fall On FBI Review of Clinton Emails
Wall Street recovered some losses on Friday but still closed lower, with U. S. stocks and the dollar falling after the...
Ghana Imports $135m Fish In 2015
Ghana imported $135 million worth of fish last year due to the reduction in the country’s fish stock, Sherry Ayittey,...
Fiscal Strategy, the Informal Sector & the Jobs Agenda
Policy arguments about what drives economic growth have traditionally focused on capital, infrastructure and...
Taxes, the Informal Sector & the Jobs Agenda
Policy arguments about what drives economic growth have traditionally focused on capital, infrastructure and...
Budget Deficit Missed In 1st Seven Months
Government missed its budget deficit target in the first seven months of 2016 as the government raised less revenue...
Services Sector Maintains Dominance
The economy’s second quarter performance, released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), shows that the services...
Parliament Passes Development and Classification of Film Bill
The Development and Classification of Film Bill has been passed by Parliament after going through all the various...
Businesses Are Disintegrating – IMANI
A policy think-tank, IMANI Center for Policy and Education, has raised concerns about the rate at which businesses in...
Two Claims of Nana Addo Fact-Checked – 1 Entirely True, Another Half-True
Nana Akufo-Addo’s claim about Ghana’s GDP growth rate was found to be half true while his claim about the...
Interest Rates Killing Businesses, Suffocating Consumers
Ghana's current policy rate set by the Bank of Ghana is 26 per cent. Such a rate may be considered to be too high given...
Kufuor’s Claim On Per Capita Income & Middle Income Status Half True
Former President, John Agyekum Kufour’s claim about Ghana’s per capita income and middle income status were found...
Claims By Bawumia Fact-Checked, Only One Entirely True
The National Patriotic Party (NPP) launched its 2016 manifesto in Accra, this Sunday and a team of fact-checkers...