Tag: Ghana Reference Rate
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Bankers, businesses anxious over BoG’s policy rate
There are mixed expectations ahead of the policy rate to be announced later this morning by the Bank of Ghana. The Monetary Policy Committee at its last meeting reduced the policy rate to 17 percent. Some bankers and businesses Citi Business News has been speaking to all argue that the central bank must provide a…
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Lending rates to remain high despite drop in reference rate
Lending rates of commercial banks may not be declining anytime soon despite the change in the formula of calculating the lending rates of banks. That is the position of Economist, Professor Godfred Bokpin. His comments come despite a marginal reduction in the Bank of Ghana’s new reference rate for May. Meanwhile business associations have lauded…
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BoG reduces Ghana reference rate to 16.74% in May
The Bank of Ghana’s new Ghana Reference Rate for May 2018 is 16.74 percent. The rate is the reference by which commercial banks will set their interests on loans granted to customers at least for this month. The figure is lower compared to that quoted for April which stood at 16.82 percent. Introduced in April…
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BoG puts reference rate for April at 16.82%
The Bank of Ghana has pegged the Ghana Reference Rate for April 2018 at 16.82%. This means that all commercial banks will determine their interest rates on their loans with the figure as their reference. The new system also follows the central bank’s decision to review the previous Base Rate model which adopted a minimum…