Monetary policy
Local USD-Bond Could Foster Dollarization – Analysts Warn
Whereas the government has given the indication it will do more of the domestic dollar-bonds, on the back of the maiden...
Pound Fall A ‘shock Absorber’
The fall in the value of sterling has acted as an important "shock absorber" for the economy, according to Bank of...
Cedi To Sell At GHC4:1$ By End of 2016
The Ghana cedi is projected to sell at a higher amount in relation to other major currencies on the global interbank...
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...
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...
Banks Welcome Minimum Capital Revision
Some banks in Ghana have lauded the decision by the central bank to increase the minimum capital requirement of banks....
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...
Amend New BoG Act
Barely two months after parliament passed the Bank of Ghana (BoG) Amendment Bill, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
Gov’t Wants SOEs To Go For Corporate Ratings
The Ministry of Finance is courting state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to offer themselves up for corporate ratings to...
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...
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...
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...
BoG Governor Backs Gov’t Claim of Economic Turnaround
Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Abdul Nashiru Issahaku, has corroborated government’s claim that the economy is...
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...
Cedi Stability To Be Sustained
The stability of the Ghana cedi against the major foreign currencies, particularly the United States dollar, is...
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...
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...
BoG Maintains Policy Rate At 26%
The chairman of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr. Abdul-Nashiru Issahaku, has expressed...
Policy Rate Remains Unchanged At 26%
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana has once again maintained its policy rate at 26 percent. This was...