IMF Approves Ghana’s Third Review
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) board has approved Ghana’s third review under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF). The nod was given yesterday . Ghana last week provided in full data...
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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 enable them to borrow on their own balance sheets to finance projects. The Minister...
Terkper Chases Ghanaians Abroad For ‘Diaspora Bond’
Government’s desire to borrow more funds continues to grow as the Ministry of Finance targets Ghanaians in the diaspora to raise bonds from them. In recent times, government’s decision to borrow...
Favourable Creditworthiness Due To Prudent Economic Management
Finance Minister Seth Terkper says the favorable assessment of Ghana's creditworthiness by some rating agencies shows that government is on track in stabilizing the economy. Rating Agencies, Moody's...
Terkper Soaks In Moody’s Optimistic Rating
Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, is upbeat other ratings agencies like Fitch and Standards and Poors, will follow suit and give Ghana positive grades, after Moody’s, last Friday, upgraded the...
NPP Opposed Withholding Tax Because It Will Kill Businesses – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu
The Member of Parliament for Suame Constituency and Minority Leader of Parliament Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has revealed that the Minority knew from day one that the Withholding Tax approved by...
Exim Bank Can Be Transformative
The newly established Ghana Export Import Bank (Ghana EXIM) can boost exports and reduce country’s the balance of trade deficit, except that it has to be properly structured and well-funded,...
NPP Opposed Withholding Tax Because It Will Kill Businesses – Kyei-Mensah Bonsu
The Member of Parliament for Suame Constituency and Minority Leader of Parliament Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has revealed that the Minority knew from day one that the Withholding Tax approved by...
Moody’s Positive Rating of Ghana A Reflection of Economy- Terkper
Finance Minister Seth Terkper is optimistic recent revision of Ghana’s Long Term Bond Ratings from negative to stable by international Credit Ratings Agency, Moody’s will influence Ghana’s...
Teenagers of Politics
Manifesto equivalence trying to outdo political equivalence. This is what our last week was all about. After launching their 2016 manifesto and pointing out how much bigger it was than the NPP...
Terkper Upbeat of First Local Dollar Denominated Bond
Finance Minister Seth Terkper is optimistic government’s decision to issue its first local dollar denominated bond in the country will yield good results. According to him, there are enough US...
People First? Surely Not Under the NDC
People First? Surely not under the NDC It is official! Better Ghana is dead. The burial and memorial service dates have not been officially announced, but it is as clear as the concept is interred...
World Bank Fulfills US$700m Guarantee For Sankofa Project
The World Bank last Thursday approved a US$700 million guarantee for Ghana’s third oil and gas production field, Sankofa-Gye-Nyame, which is said to contain more than 200 million barrels of oil and...
Terkper Confident New PFM Act Will Ensure Fiscal Discipline
The Government is making efforts to address the persistent structural weakness in the fiscal formulation that relates especially to commitment control and contracts to ensure effective fiscal...
Sankofa Gas Project Receives US$700m World Bank Guarantee
Ghana has received a US$700-million guarantee from the World Bank for its Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP)- Sankofa gas project ahead of anticipated oil and gas production in 2017 and 2018,...
Most CHPS Compounds Were Constructed By Japanese Gov’t – Ken Agyapong
New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong says President John Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) cannot claim credit for the...
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 turning around. Addressing the media after chairing the Monetary Policy...
Financial Management Act To Regulate SOEs Borrowing
The Government is confident that the newly passed Public Financial Management (PFM) Act, Act 921, will help regulate the borrowings of state-owned enterprises (SOEs), as part of measures aimed at...
Ghana Is Not Broke – Terkper Insists
Despite an unwavering rise in public debt and government’s difficulty to meet key statutory financial obligations, the Finance Minister has dispelled a widely held view that the economy is broke....
Amissah-Arthur Eulogises Mary Grant
The Vice-President, Mr Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, has eulogised the virtues of the late Dr Mrs Mary Grant, describing her as a committed and dedicated person who served her nation with humility and...