Budget deficit and its accompanying debt are key indicators in accessing the health of any economy. At the end of March 2020, Ghana’s public debt reached GHȼ 236.1 billion according to the Bank of Ghana. Of the total debt, US$ 22.9 billion is external representing 31.4% while GHȼ 113...
The general price levels of goods and services, according to Ghana Statistical Service, have further increased in the month of May - following price hikes by traders due to the coronavirus pandemic effects.
General prices increased by 0.7 of a percentage point over the previous month, as it recorded 11.3...
Nigerian banks plan to restructure over a third of loans after running into repayment problems due to the coronavirus pandemic, a member of the central bank monetary policy committee said.
A total of 17 banks have submitted requests to restructure over 32,000 loans for businesses and individuals, representing 33% of...
Despite inflation surging to double digits in April as a result of a spike in demand for food and other essentials in anticipation of the lockdown announcement, Databank Research says there is hope that the rate will come down due to government’s subsidy on utilities.
In late March and April,...
The Auditor-General (A-G) has submitted a report on the Management of Petroleum Funds for 1st January 2018 to 31 December 2018 to Parliament.
A statement signed by Mrs Ama Awoe-Bosumafi Assistant Director of Public Relations Unit on behalf of the Director General, and copied to the Ghana News Agency, in...
The post COVID world has been observing massive heights in product price/inflation. However, it remains a grey area if the trajectory is long or short. Let’s first go through detrimental aspects of inflation in terms of the economic environment, global supply chain, policy regulations, demand factors, cost-push factors, rising...
A microfinance company based in the Western Region, Boin Microfinance Limited, has cited the Receiver, Eric Nana Nipah, for abuse of power and disregard for the law as the company’s assets are being confiscated despite court order stopping it from doing so.
According to management of the company, the Accra...
As the finance minister engages stakeholders in preparing the 2022 national budget, civil society organisation ‘Economic Governance Platform’ (EGP) has advised government to make debt sustainability a key factor in its economic policy going forward.
The group made the call after releasing a report that assessed the country’s growing debt...
Former Finance Minister Seth Terkper has demanded that the government presents accurate and transparent data about the economy’s true situation - especially with respect to the deficit figures as it prepares to present the mid-year budget this week.
His comments come on the back of concerns raised by the minority...
The Producer Price Inflation (PPI) rate has recorded a marginal decrease of 0.8 percentage points as the ex-factory prices of goods and services hit 12.8 percent in December 2021, recently-released provisional data from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has shown.
The figure represents year-on-year rate of change from December 2020...