I have noted that right after the reading of the 2017 budget statement, the NDC star man in recent times on matters of economics, Hon Isaac Adongo, MP for the Bolga Central constituency has been...
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Friday another interest rate increase could be "appropriate" later this month if US employment and inflation remain in line with expectations. Yellen also...
A former Deputy Finance Minister under the Mahama led administration, Ato Forson has predicted doom for the country following the presentation of the 2017 budget statement by sector Minister, Ken...
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta will on Thursday present the Nana Akufo-Addo-led government’s maiden budget statement, a presentation that will ultimately be a marker of the new administration’s...
The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, in his state of the nation address last week assured Ghanaians that the 2017 budget will bring the economy back on the path of sustainable growth and...
A closely watched measure of US inflation in January hit its fastest monthly pace in nearly four years, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. The data also showed that the Personal Consumption...
Financial analysts have tipped the stock market to continue its strong recovery on the back of an expected increase in activity on the pension funds market. Benjamin Amoah-Adjei, a financial research...
The United States has rekindled interest in ultra long-term debt, including possibly a rare century bond, to lock in the current very low borrowing rates. "I think it's something that we should...
Former deputy Finance minister Ato Forson has criticised President Akufo-Addo for failing to stick to the facts in his State of the Nation Address delivered last Tuesday. Debating the address in...
Inflation will continue to fall in Ghana in 2017, following several years of extraordinarily high price growth, Fitch has predicted. According to the ratings agency, “having peaked at 19.2 percent...
Private sector businesses have strongly advocated an optimal inflation target to guide economic policies that support private sector growth. They argue that the current drop in inflation while other...
US consumer prices in January rose at their fastest pace in nearly four years, a fresh sign that a pickup in inflation may be approaching, Labor Department figures showed Wednesday. The consumer...
Ghana’s inflation for the first month of 2017, January recorded 13.3 percent. The figure dropped by 2.8 percent from the 15.4 percent recorded in December 2016. Ghana started 2016 with an...
Possible changes in fiscal policy by US President Donald Trump are among the factors adding "uncertainty" to the economic outlook, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Tuesday. She cautioned that...
The Bank of Ghana(BoG) has intensified moves to encourage commercial banks in the country to cede some portion of their annual funds as credit to farmers in the Agriculture sector. Even though the...
If the economy worked like the more recent quartz watch which functions electronically, then predictions of future events of growth will be more accurate than it currently is. As it stands, the...
The Minister-designate for Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour Awuah, has revealed he has “fantastic” ideas on how the one factory per district policy promised by the governing New...
The decision by the Bank of Ghana to release about $120 million into the economy has been lauded by the General Manager of Gold Coast (GC) Brokerage as a step in the right direction. “That should...
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has retained its policy rate at 25.5%. This is due to the fact that the Central Bank views the “risks to inflation and growth as balanced” its governor, Dr. Abdul-Nashiru...
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has retained its policy rate at 25.5%. This is due to the fact that the Central Bank views the “risks to inflation and growth as balanced” its governor, Dr. Abdul-Nashiru...
