Mr. President, Appeals Can’t Change Workers’ Attitude
Since time immemorial, appeals have emanated from presidents, religious leaders, philanthropists, foreign dignitaries, and prominent chiefs for Ghanaians to change ...
Tag: economics
First Quarter Gold Demand Down 18% From Last Year’s Exceptional High
Global gold demand in Q1 2017 was 1,034.5t. The 18% year-on-year decline suffers from the comparison with Q1 2016, which ...
US Senate Confirms Jay Clayton As New SEC Chief
The US Senate confirmed attorney Jay Clayton as the new head of the Securities and Exchange Commission tasked with regulating ...
Developing Countries Including Ghana Risk Losing Credibility – World Bank President
World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim has warned that developing countries including Ghana stand the risk of losing credibility if ...
IMF Spring Meetings 2017
A clear theme running through the meetings was the need to protect the growth momentum The world’s economic leaders and ...
Key US Inflation Measure Sees First Drop In 16 Years
The US Federal Reserve's preferred inflation measure fell in March, and a key component dropped for the first time in ...
Stop Petty Stealing and Laziness
President Akufo-Addo has charged all workers in the country to disist from indulging in petty stealing and laziness at their ...
UK House Prices Fall As Brexit Britain Feels the Pinch
British house prices have fallen for a second consecutive month, data from mortgage lender Nationwide showed on Friday. Nationwide said ...
IFS Cautions Government To Restrain Expenditure
Unhappy with the tight fiscal space government is confronted with, economic Policy Think- Tank, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) ...
IFS Cautions Government On Expenditure
Unhappy with the tight fiscal space government is confronted with, economic Policy Think-Tank, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) is ...
Manufacturing Sub-Sector Pushes March PPI To 6%
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has announced that the Producer Price Inflation (PPI) which measures the average change over time ...
Ghana Still In Discussion Over Possible Program Extension
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has indicated that it is still in discussion with Ghana over a possible extension of ...
Ghana Must Do More To Deal With Debt Challenges
Government would have to step up efforts in dealing with the country’s debt levels, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has ...
IMF Backs Ghana’s Domestic Borrowing Drive To Check Ballooning Debts
Government’s decision to turn to the domestic market for loans to finance key projects has received the support of the ...
Depoliticize LEAP – Prof. Debrah
Political Science Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Prof. Emmanuel Debrah has warned politicians to desist from politicizing government initiatives ...
IMF Points To Domestic Borrowing As Answer To Growing Debt
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has thrown its weight behind the government’s decision to rely primarily on domestic borrowing to ...
Ensure Fiscal Discipline – IMF To Ghana
International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission to Ghana has stated that Ghana’s longstanding challenges can only be resolved through ambitious and ...
‘Planting For Food and Jobs’ Short-Term Approach
The General Secretary of the General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU), Edward Kareweh, has cast doubt on the ability of government’s ...
Steps By Govt To Improve the Economy Promising – IMF
Steps by govt to improve the economy promising – IMF The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lauded steps taken by ...
Inflation Drops To Lowest In Four Years
Inflation rate for March has declined to 12.8 per cent from the 13.2 per cent recorded in February. This rate ...