Category: Featured
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Monetary policy rate held steady at 30%
The Bank of Ghana has maintained the monetary policy rate at 30 per cent after reviewing developments in the economy. This means that the lending rate in the country will remain steady. It is the second time the Central Bank has held the rate in a year after doing the same in May 2023. After…
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Ghana’s total exports decline by 9%
Ghana has recorded a nine percentage points drop in its total export earnings. As of August 2023, total exports stood at US$10.76 billion. It is lower than the US$ 11.81 billion recorded in August 2022. Although Ghana maintained a trade surplus in the year under review, total exports declined by about US$ 1 billion accounting…
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Cedi depreciates against the dollar by 22.5%
The Bank of Ghana has pegged the depreciation of the cedi to the American greenback at 22.5 percent as of the September 2023. One will now need GHS 11.07 to exchange a dollar on the interbank market. In the Central Bank’s latest Summary of Economic and Financial Data for September 2023, the cedi has also…
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Financial sector withstood 2022 shocks; positive signs ahead – BoG
The assessment of the country’s financial system has shown strong signs of resilience. Per the Bank of Ghana’s 2022 Financial Stability Review, the financial sector is on the path to recovery with the rebound expected to be sustained further in the short to medium term. The Central Bank in the review maintains that the Domestic…
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Water shortage to hit parts of Accra; businesses to be affected
Areas and businesses being served by the Kpong Treatment Plant will have an interruption in water supply from Sunday 24th September to Thursday 28th September 2023 to enable engineers of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) to work on the transmission pipeline. The areas that will be affected by this exercise include Gbetsile, Afienya, Zenu,…
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Excise tax amendment shows positive signs; rakes in GHS 140m
A revenue of GHS 140,245,004.48 has been collected since the implementation of the Excise Duty Amendment Act, 2023 (ACT1093) from May 1 to September 20, this year as compared to GHS 107,998,254.64 last year. Mr. Edward Bagyiri, Chief Revenue Officer, Import and Export Unit, Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Customs Division made this known at a…
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Ghana records over $200m trade surplus in two months
New figures from the Bank of Ghana (BoG) show that, Ghana’s trade balance increased by US$231.9 million between June and August. This means, Ghana’s trade balance grew by about 13 percent from the US$ 1.78 billion recorded in July 2023. It brings the country’s total trade balance to US$ 2.01 billion as at August 2023…
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Influx of Chinese tanker trucks will kill local businesses – Kwame Jantuah
Private legal practitioner, Kwame Jantuah, has warned authorities against the consequences of the influx of Chinese tanker trucks in Ghana’s oil downstream space. The legal practitioner wants the influx checked to save local businesses. A letter by the Tanker Owners Union to the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), appealed to the NPA to intervene in the importation…
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Public debt hits GHS 575.5 billion; now 71.9% of GDP
Ghana’s public debt has increased to GH₵575.5 billion as of June 2023, representing 71.9% of Gross Domestic Debt (GDP). This is a marginal rise of GH₵6.3 billion compared to the GH₵569.2 billion recorded in April 2023. According to the Bank of Ghana’s Summary of Economic and Financial Data for September 2023, the country’s public debt…
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GEPA poised to achieve over $4bn target for non-traditional exports
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), Dr. Afua Asabea Asare, has stated that the authority is poised to achieve its over $4 billion target for Non-Traditional Exports (NTEs) for the country. NTEs are defined by the GEPA as all products other than cocoa beans, logs and lumber, unprocessed gold,…