Ghana has placed 72nd in the 2016 economic freedom index. This was revealed in a presentation by James Roberts, a research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Washington DC. Ghana ranked 72nd among 186 countries in […]
A Bank of Ghana (BoG) summary of Economic and Financial Data says Ghana’s total public debt has hit almost GHC110 billion as at July this year. The Central Bank BoG released the Data after a […]
South Africa has regained the title of Africa’s largest economy, two years after Nigeria rebased its GDP to claim the spot, according to IMF data. A recalculation using current exchange rates put South Africa on […]
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) says Ghana’s programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is responsible for the worsening living condition of Ghanaian workers. TUC Secretary-General, Kofi Asamoah, says the only way to improve the economic […]
The annual consumer price inflation dropped to 16.7 percent in July from 18.4 percent in June as the cedi currency stabilised and food prices fell at the start of the harvest season, the statistics office […]
Employment and Labour Relations Minister Haruna Iddrisu is warning striking members of Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) to return to work or risk losing their August salaries. The minister says his […]
Parliament on Tuesday passed the Bank of Ghana (BoG) Amendment Bill to significantly strengthen the Central Bank’s functional autonomy, governance and ability to respond to banking sector crises. The Bill seeks to plug the loopholes identified in […]
Ghana has finally signed the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union. Joy Business is learning that the pact was signed last Wednesday in Brussels, Belgium between Ghana’s Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union […]
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers has reduced the price of fuel by five percent. The reduction is the first fuel window for the month of August under the National Petroleum Authority (NPA)’s deregulation pricing programme. […]
The Finance Minister, Seth Terkper Monday presented a revised macro-economic targets for the year in the mid-year budget review making key requests and statements bordering Ghana’s economy. The minister asked Parliament to approve Ghc1.8 billion […]
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