Ending Stagnation Is Key
The 2016 presidential campaign confirms what Marx wrote : “all the events and personalities of great importance in world history ...
Tag: economics
Ghana Stock Market Yet To Respond To 2016 Elections Outcome
A week after Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) declared the presidential nominee of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo as ...
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 ...
1,423 Industries Established Within 12 Months
A total of 1,423 industries have been set up in Tanzania within one year of President John Magufuli in office, ...
Mr. Trump, Heed The Lesson Jimmy Carter Never Learned
In my previous column I observed here how the 2016 race reflects American conditions in the late 1970s — also ...
The Real Enemy Is Stagnation
Marx wrote : “all the events and personalities of great importance in world history occur, as it were, twice… the ...
Matured Bills & Bonds Reach GHC145bn In 2016
Total bills and bonds auctioned this year, from January to October, by the government, Bank of Ghana, and COCOBOD including ...
Change of Gov’t In Ghana Won’t Affect Bailout Deal – IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has watered down arguments that conditionalities under its Extended Credit Facility (ECF) agreement with Ghana ...
An Assessment of NPP’s Manifesto Promises
The paper estimates the Total Cost of major NPP Promises in their manifesto and assesses the Party’s proposed tax cuts ...
Economic Indices Stifle Banking Industry
Dzifa Amegashie, Head of Investor Relations at CAL Bank, has indicated that a lot of economic trends and indices, which ...
Dollar Auction May Least Control Cedi Depreciation – Economist
As the Bank of Ghana prepares to commence its first dollar auction to banks through a competitive bid, some financial ...
Dollar Auction May Least Control Cedi Depreciation
As the Bank of Ghana prepares to commence its first dollar auction to banks through a competitive bid, some financial ...
Will Economy Impact Ghana’s Presidential Elections? [Article]
For some, the state of the economy matters most when it comes to presidential elections, perhaps more important than tribe ...
Criticisms of Dollar Denominated Bond Misplaced-BoG
The Bank of Ghana(BoG) has refuted claims that the issuance of dollar denominated bond in the country will drain dollar ...
FDI Steers Clear of Agro-Processing Despite Generous Tax Incentives
Out of some 46 new Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects recorded in the third quarter of the year, valued at ...
BoG Admits Ghana’s Economic Growth Is Weak
Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Abdul-Nashiru Issahaku has acknowledged the slow growth of the Ghanaian economy, attributing ...
Over 1,500 Jobs To Be Created Through FDIs
1,504 jobs are expected to be created in Ghana through registered Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects in the third quarter ...
State Security Raids Nigerian Currency Dealers
Currency dealers were accused of exchanging naira at a rate lower than 400 naira to $1. Nigerian intelligence agents have ...
Terkper Defends Raising Bond At 19%
The Finance Minister, Mr Seth Terkper, has defended the government’s decision to raise a GH¢438-million bond at a rate of ...
Ghana Settles On GHC438m In 10 Year Domestic Bond
The Government of Ghana (GoG), thebftonline.com has raised an amount of 438 million Cedis (110 million) in its ten - ...