Peter Quartey
IMF Points To Domestic Borrowing As Answer To Growing Debt
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has thrown its weight behind the government’s decision to rely primarily on...
Macroeconomic Performance To Influence Policy Rate
Despite high expectation on the part of the private sector for the Bank of Ghana(BoG) to reduce the policy rate due to...
Macroeconomic Performance To Influence Policy Rate- Prof. Quartey
Despite high expectation on the part of the private sector for the Bank of Ghana(BoG) to reduce the policy rate due...
Free SHS Must Target the Poor Alone
The Head of Department of Economics at the University of Ghana, Prof. Peter Quartey, has waded into the ongoing debate...
Free SHS Will Be Poorly Funded and Fail
Government's ambitious program to fund the free SHS policy in September 2017 will impose an unnecessary burden on...
2017 Budget Not A Panacea To Reduce Policy Rate
Despite government’s intention to pursue a pro business economic agenda in its fiscal policies, some financial...
2017 Budget Not A Panacea To Reduce Policy Rate- Economist
Despite government’s intention to pursue a pro business economic agenda in its fiscal policies, some financial...
Stimulus Package In 2017 Budget Juicy
The head of the Economics Department of the University of Ghana has described as juicy the stimulus package announced...
High Expectations As Akufo-Addo Firms Up Policies With First SONA Today
President Nana Akufo-Addo is set to deliver his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) Tuesday and he is expected to...
Change of Gov’t In Ghana Won’t Affect Bailout Deal – IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has watered down arguments that conditionalities under its Extended Credit...
Economists Back Economic Capital For Banks
Some economists have backed the Bank of Ghana’s proposal to introduce economic capital requirement for banks as part...
IMF Approves Ghana’s Third Review
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) board has approved Ghana’s third review under the Extended Credit Facility...
GDP Growth Slumps To 2.5%
The country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second quarter has plummeted to 2.5 percent from the 4.8 percent...
Ghana Risks Entering Into Recession
Ghana’s economy faces a recession if steps are not taken to diversify its productive sectors, the Head of the...