Tag: Prof. Samuel Kobina Annim
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Housing, fuels, food etc. push November inflation to 12.2 %, highest since 2019
Increases in prices associated with housing and transport across the country as well as an overall increase in the contribution of food inflation to national inflation have pushed the rate for November 2021 to 12.2 %. This is according to the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS). The rate of inflation for the month of November is…
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Inflation hits 15 months high of 11% in October 2021
Increases in prices associated with housing, water, electricity and transport across the country have pushed year-on-year inflation for October 2021 to 11 %t. This is according to the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS). The rate of inflation for the month of October is the highest in the last 15 months. According to that data from the…
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Surge in food prices pushes year-on-year inflation rate to 9% in July
Significant increases in food prices across the country have pushed year-on-year inflation for July 2021 to 9%. This is the highest rate of inflation recorded since March of this year when the inflation rate stood at 10.3 percent. This was captured in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) data released by the Ghana Statistical Service. The…
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Only 26.2% of firms in Ghana are aware of AfCFTA – GSS
The Ghana Statistical Service has disclosed that only 134,000 businesses are currently aware of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, making up 26.2 percent of firms nationwide. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement is set to commence in January 2021 with an estimated potential of boosting both intra-African trade by 52.3…
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Inflation rises to 11.3% in May 2020 as food prices continue to go up
The continuous rise in prices of food items pushed Ghana’s inflation up to 11.3% in May 2020. This means that between May 2019 and the same period in 2020, the prices of items have increased by 11.3%. This figure is also 1.7 percentage points higher compared to the 10.6% inflation recorded in April 2020. The…
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Partial lock-down takes April inflation to 10.6 percent as food prices shot up
New data released by the Ghana Statistical Service shows that prices of foodstuff went up during the three-week partial lock-down in April, which was implemented as a measure to curtail the spread of COVID-19. The food component of the country’s inflation for April increased by 8 percent more than the non-food component, pushing the rate…
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GSS, Vodafone and Flowminder acquire data on movement of people during COVID-19 lockdown
The Ghana Statistical Service, (GSS) Vodafone Ghana, and the Flowminder Foundation, are using innovative data science techniques to support the government’s response against COVID-19. The long-standing Data For Good partnership by the three organizations, has enabled the production of rapid mobility estimates using anonymised and aggregated mobile phone data to support the government’s interventions against…