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Treasury Bills Lead Ghana Fixed Income Market Activity
5+ hour, 59+ min ago (284+ words) Ghana's fixed income market recorded total trades worth GHS 808. 8 million across 389 transactions on Tuesday, May 26, with Treasury Bills commanding the dominant share as investors continued to favour shorter-term government instruments over longer-dated paper. Treasury Bills accounted for GHS 445 million of…...
Middle East Crisis Threatens to Slow Africa's Growth
5+ hour, 27+ min ago (226+ words) The African Development Bank (Af DB) has warned that the Middle East conflict is threatening Africa's economic growth in 2026, fuelling higher import costs and renewed inflation pressure across a continent still working to consolidate its post-pandemic recovery. The bank cautioned…...
New Bo G Reserve Rule Makes Banks Defend the Cedi
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (489+ words) News Ghana The Bank of Ghana's (Bo G) new unified Cash Reserve Requirement (CRR) policy is more than a conventional monetary tightening tool. It structurally transforms commercial banks into involuntary defenders of the local currency, according to a senior financial analyst....
Ghana Cedi Becomes Africa's Weakest Currency in 2026 | News Ghana
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (188+ words) Ghana's cedi has emerged as the worst performing currency across the African continent in 2026, declining sharply against the US dollar and outpacing losses recorded by every other currency in the region, according to market analyses drawing on data from the…...
Ghana Reins in Spending Despite Missing Revenue Targets
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (558+ words) Ghana's government is deliberately holding back public spending to compensate for underperforming tax revenues, a pattern the Bank of Ghana's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has confirmed represents a significant and encouraging break from the country's long history of fiscal indiscipline....
Mahama Says Ghana's IMF Programme Nearly Derailed
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (243+ words) President John Dramani Mahama says Ghana's programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) risked derailment when his government took office, forcing urgent corrective measures to restore agreed targets. He made the remarks on Saturday during a citizens' engagement on his…...
High Food Prices Do Not Enrich Farmers, Expert Says
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (343+ words) Rising food prices in Ghana are not boosting farmers" incomes, an agribusiness chief executive has said, pointing to high input costs, losses after harvest and poor access to credit. Daniel Fahene Acquaye, chief executive of Agri-Impact Group, told an interview…...
Policy Rate At 14%: Middle East Crisis Is The Elephant In The Room " Bo G Boss
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (933+ words) The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Johnson Pandit Asiamah, has defended the decision by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to maintain the policy rate at 14 percent, insisting that lingering geopolitical tensions in the Middle East continue to pose serious…...
Ghana Eyes IMF Policy Pact After Bailout Exit
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (514+ words) Ghana is preparing to adopt a 36-month non-financing Policy Co-ordination Instrument (PCI) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), marking a decisive pivot away from reliance on external bailout financing toward greater domestic policy ownership following the conclusion of its Extended…...
Genuine Savings: Wealth Lens for Resource Rich Economies
1+ week, 2+ day ago (232+ words) Economic performance in resource rich countries is typically judged by gross domestic product (GDP), export receipts, or fiscal balances, yet none reveals whether the asset base is being eroded. That distinction sits at the centre of the Genuine Savings (GS)…...