U.S. Economy Slows On Wider Trade Gap; Business Spending Rises
U. S. economic growth slowed sharply in the fourth quarter as a plunge in shipments of soybeans weighed on exports, ...
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We Need Balanced Development Across the Country
A governance analyst and former chief economist at the Bank of Ghana, Dr. A. O Abudu says it will be ...
Global Growth Edges Up To 2.7 % Despite Weak Investment
Global economic growth is forecast to accelerate moderately to 2.7 percent in 2017 after a post-crisis low last year as ...
Sub-Saharan Africa’s Growth To Pick At 2.9% In 2017
Sub-Saharan African growth is expected to pick up modestly to 2.9 percent in 2017 as the region continues to adjust ...
Economy Tipped To Grow By 7%
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a UK-based leading provider of country, industry and management analysis, has forecast a 7 percent ...
Trump-Fueled Risk Rally Shifts To Japanese Bonds, Euro
Investors resumed the post-U. S. election trade of selling bonds and buying stocks on Wednesday after a pause earlier this ...
Market Rally Continues As Investors Shrug Off Trump Worries
European share markets rallied on Thursday after Asian stocks rebounded from Wednesday's sharp sell-off in the immediate aftermath of Donald ...
US Markets Regain Momentum After Wild Volatility
U. S. financial markets witnessed wild swings after U.S. Republican Donald Trump won the country’s presidential election, but then stabilized ...
Asia Markets Bounce Back After Trump Win
Asian share markets have bounced back after seeing a sharp sell-off on Wednesday in the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump's ...
What Trump Means For World Trade
World trade was already stalling before Donald Trump won the U. S. presidential election. Now, one of the main engines ...
Fiscal Deficit To Hit 6.2 Percent In 2016
Some economists have predicted that Ghana will end this year (2016), with a budget deficit of 6 percent to GDP. ...
New Finance Chief Likely To Hold Course
As China announced the appointment of a new finance minister on Monday, analysts said major fiscal policies will not change ...
WTO Head Warns of Anti-Trade ‘catastrophe’ After US Election
If Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton impose anti-trade policies, the US and global economy would face a "catastrophe", putting the ...
Inflation Could Soar To 4% Next Year Amid Impact of Brexit
Inflation could hit 4% in the second half of 2017 - with price increases set to damage the economy through ...
Terkper Eyes Diaspora Bonds
The Finance Minister, Seth Terkper has strongly indicated that the government is seriously considering issuing diaspora bonds to raise cheaper ...
China Slowdown ‘biggest Economic Risk’
The former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund has told the BBC a slowdown in China is the greatest ...
9.25% Eurobond Yield Shows Confidence
Ghana issued a $750 million Eurobond on Thursday at a more favourable yield of 9.25 percent compared to its last ...