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Tax Cuts To Continue Cedi Depreciation – GN Research

Some currency analysts have warned that the government’s tax cuts would lead to a further depreciation of the cedi...

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Tax Cuts To Continue Cedi Depreciation If … – GN Research

Some currency analysts have warned that the government’s tax cuts would lead to a further depreciation of the cedi...

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Cedi Begins Losing Streak

Ghana’s currency, the Cedi is likely to record high levels of depreciation during the year if the government does not...

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European Union To Support Ghana’s Drive To End Aid

The European Union (EU) has pledged 160 million Euros to support Ghana’s development cooperation budget for new...

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Concrete Heads and Colonial Questions In Ghana’s Capital

On 6 March 1957, Nkrumah told an audience of tens of thousands of Ghanaians that “your beloved country is free...

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IFS Analyst Throws Out NDC’s ‘we Borrowed For Infrastructure’ Mantra

An Economist has dismissed the erstwhile NDC administration’s oft-repeated assertion that it borrowed to finance key...

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Wages, Salaries To Swallow GHC16bn – Ofori-Atta

GHS16billion will be used for wages and salaries alone in 2017, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has told parliament as...

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Major Highlights As Presented To Parliament

We will broaden the tax base while reducing and abolishing some taxes. Arrears are about GH¢7bn. Deficit is 10.3% on a...

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GHC16billion Will Be Allocated To Wages, Salaries – Ofori-Atta

GH¢16billion will be used for wages and salaries alone in 2017, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has told parliament as...

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Government To Roll Out NPP Version of ‘operation Feed Yourself’

The last time Ken Ofori-Atta presented a budget it was perhaps before a small group of NPP bigwigs and he did so as...

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We Can’t Borrow Our Way Out – Finance Minister

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has emphasized the need to “trigger” a national sense of urgency as an effective...

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We Can’t Borrow Our Way Out

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has emphasized the need to “trigger” a national sense of urgency as an effective...

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Bawumia Storms Parliament To Observe 2017 Budget Statement

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is in Parliament to observe the Finance Minister’s presentation of the first...

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Akufo-Addo To Roll Out 7 Programmes In 2017

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has said the government of the New Patriotic Party will roll out seven of its many...

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We’ll Restore Fiscal Discipline – Ofori-Atta

The government of Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo will restore fiscal discipline in the Ghanaian economy and reverse its...

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Bawumia Storms Parliament For 2017 Budget Statement

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is in Parliament to observe the Finance Minister’s presentation of the first...

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High Expectations As New NPP Government Presents Maiden Budget

There are high expectations among the citizenry as the barely two-month old New Patriotic Party (NPP) government...

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High Expectations As Finance Minister Presents First Akufo-Addo’s Budget

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta will on Thursday present the Nana Akufo-Addo-led government’s maiden budget...

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Fiscal Deficit To Decline – Fitch

The focus of the 2017 fiscal budget to be presented to Parliament today is expected to stimulate economic growth whilst...