Tag: PPI
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Producer Price inflation records 8.9% in October 2019
The Producer Price Inflation reached 8.9 percent in October 2019. The PPI measures the average change in the prices received by domestic producers for their products. The 8.9 percent recorded in October 2019 is 0.2 percentage points lower compared to the 9.1 percent recorded in September 2019. Data released by the Ghana Statistical Service also…
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Producer Price Inflation rises to 8.8% in July
The Producer Price Index rose to 8.8 percent in July 2019. This represents an increase of 1.7 percentage points from the 7.1 percent recorded in June. The PPI measures the average cost at which producers manufacture products. According to Deputy Government Statistician, David Kombat, the increase in the PPI for July was driven largely by…
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Producer Price Inflation for April records 7.1 percent
The Producer Price Inflation (PPI) rate for April 2019 has hit 7.1 percent. This shows a monthly change rate of 0.9 percent when compared to March 2019. The PPI measures the average change over time in the prices received by domestic producers for their goods and services. Speaking at a press conference, the Government Statistician…
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Producers’ inflation drops to 5.6 % in September 2018
The Producer Price Inflation (PPI) for September 2018, reached 5.6%. This is down from the 7.0% recorded in August 2018. The PPI measures the average change over time in the prices received by domestic producers for the production of their goods and services. Speaking to Citi Business News on the change, the Acting Government Statistician,…
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Producer Price Inflation increases to 6.4% in April
Ghana’s Producer Price Inflation (PPI) increased to 6.4 percent in April 2018. The Producer Price Inflation measures the average change over time in the general prices received by domestic producers for the production of goods and/or provision of services. Comparing the April figure to that of March, the PPI went up by 2.7 percent. In…
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Producer Price Inflation drops to 5.5 % in February
The Producer Price Inflation (PPI) dropped to 5.5 percent in February 2018. This represents a 2.2 percent reduction compared to the 7.7 percent recorded in January 2018. The PPI measures the average change over time in prices received by domestic producers for their goods and services. The PPI for Ghana reports the producer price indices…
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Producer price inflation drops to 7.1% in November
The Producer Price Inflation (PPI) for Ghana reached 7.1 percent in November 2017. This represents a 1.2 percent drop in the 8.3 percent recorded in October 2017. The Producer Price Inflation measures the average change over time in the prices received by domestic producers for the production of their goods and services. The Acting Government…
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Gold prices push producer inflation up to 7.6%
The Producer Price Inflation (PPI) increased to 7.6 percent in September 2017. The figure went up by 1 percent from the 6.6 percent recorded in August 2017. The Producer Price Inflation measures the average change over time in the prices received by domestic producers for the production of their goods and services. The Acting Government…
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Producer price inflation drops to 3.6% in June
Ghana’s Producer Price Inflation (PPI) for June 2017 stood at 3.6 percent. This represents a 1.1 percent drop from the 3.7 percent recorded in May 2017. The PPI measures the average change over time in the prices received by domestic producers for the production of their goods and services. Explaining the reasons accounting for the…
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Producer Price Inflation drops to 4.8% in April 2017
Ghana’s producer price inflation for April this year recorded 4.8 percent. This is down from the 6 percent recorded in March this year. This means that the cost of production for industries has seen some stability during the period. The difference between the producer price inflation between March and April this year was negative 1.3…