Macroeconomics

Business

Terkper Hopes For Drop In Policy Rate

The Finance Minister, Mr Seth Terkper, expects the stability in the fiscal side of the economy to provide comfort to...

Business

Time To Reduce Policy Rate Now

The business community, backed by some economists have intensified renewed calls for the central back to strongly...

Business

Inflation Falls To 15.8% In October, the Lowest In 2016

Inflation for the month of October 2016 has seen a sharp decline from the 17.2% recorded in September to 15.8%. The...

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Inflation Drops To 15.8 Percent October

The figure represents a 1.4 percent reduction from the 17.2 percent recorded in September this year. This is higher...

Opinion

The Robust Botswanas Economy To GhanasFrail

Ever heard of the currency Pula? Well it’s one of the best performing and valuable currencies in Africa from the SADC...

International

Inflation Could Soar To 4% Next Year Amid Impact of Brexit

Inflation could hit 4% in the second half of 2017 - with price increases set to damage the economy through weakened...

Opinion

Linking Constraints and Assumptions To Growth

The theoretical basis for any effective employment program rest on the idea of a perfect integration between an...

Business

Banks To Raise Cost of Lending

Cost of borrowing is expected to go up in the coming months as some commercial banks are planning to adjust their...

Opinion

The Left’s Fed Up Makes A Naked Power Grab For Control Of The Fed

The left is undertaking an amazing back door plan to dramatically increase its influence over the Fed’s...

Opinion

The Best Hope For Restoring The American Dream Now Lives In The US Senate

Who will conjure the American Dream back for us? Politics is part prestidigitation, part reality. A great magician...

Business

Stubborn Inflation Perforates BoG’s Defenses

Attempts by the central bank to hem in inflation continue to yield less than satisfactory results, as a 0.3percent rise...

Business

Amend New BoG Act

Barely two months after parliament passed the Bank of Ghana (BoG) Amendment Bill, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...

Business

Pressure Mounts On BoG To Cut Rates

Ghana’s headline inflation is likely to slow further downwards raising prospects of a series of interest rate cuts as...

International

Nigeria Forex Crisis and Unfinished Naira-Yuan Swap Deal

Barely five months after a currency swap deal between Nigeria and China was enmeshed in controversy, the country’s...

Business

Ghana’s Inflation Doubles In 4yrs

Efforts by Managers of Ghana’s economy to arrest inflation in the past four years have proved futile as prices of...

International

Bank of Japan Re-Strategize To Recuperate Economy

The Bank of Japan said Wednesday that it's introducing a new long-term interest rate target of around zero. The bank...

Business

Cedi Stability To Be Sustained

The stability of the Ghana cedi against the major foreign currencies, particularly the United States dollar, is...

Business

BoG Waters Down Fears of Election-Linked Inflation

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the central bank has said it is undisturbed by perceived inflationary pressures...

Business

BoG Worried Over High Lending Rates

The governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) Dr. Abdul Nashir Issahaku has described as worrying the country’s current...