Wall Street Stands With Two Fed-Hike Outlook For 2017
Wall Street's top banks expect just two rate hikes from the Federal Reserve this year and see only modest risk ...
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Checking the Pulse of the Economy
If the economy worked like the more recent quartz watch which functions electronically, then predictions of future events of growth ...
BoG Maintains Policy Rate At 25.5%
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has maintained the policy rate for the first time this ...
The NPP’s Invisible Forces, Unemployment and the Need For An Economy That Works For All
There are many ways to explain the ongoing disturbances associated with the so-called NPP's Invisible Forces. One key explanation however ...
Investors Begin Ditching TBills As Rates Hit Low Levels
Investors have begun ditching treasury bills and now exploring other investment instruments in the country over the continuous significant decline ...
91-Day Bill Yield Falls To 16.4%
The yield on the Bank of Ghana’s weekly 91-day bill fell to 16.4281 percent at an auction on Friday December ...
91-Day Bill Yield Falls To 16.4%
The yield on the Bank of Ghana’s weekly 91-day bill fell to 16.4281 percent at an auction on Friday December ...
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 ...
US Raises Key Interest Rate By 0.25%
The US Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.25%, only the second increase in a decade. The ...
Capping Interest Rates Could Be ‘disastrous’
The government should not attempt to introduce legislation to cap interest rates because the consequences could be dire, Frank Adu, ...
BoG Sells GH¢93.3bn Worth of Bills To Mop Up Excess Liquidity
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has doubled up on its open market operations (OMO) over the last 10 months, in ...
Interest On Deposits Continues To Taper Off
The average interest paid on deposits in the banking sector has seen a continues decline in three consecutive months, even ...
All Eyes On BoG To Prune Year-Long Policy Rate
As the Monitory Policy Committee of the central bank meets today, expectations of a policy rate cut are high, as ...
Time To Reduce Policy Rate Now
The business community, backed by some economists have intensified renewed calls for the central back to strongly consider cutting its ...
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 ...
President Mahama To Consider Capping Interest Rates
The President of Ghana John Dramani Mahama has hinted of moves to consider capping interest rates in the country. According ...
Trump Wins and the Bond Market Suffers
Donald Trump's promises to unleash massive infrastructure spending and gigantic tax cuts seem to be spooking the bond market. Lost ...
Bonds Sell-Off Continues As Investors Bet On Rate Rise
A wave of selling sweeping across bond markets resumed on Monday as investors continued to digest the impact of a ...
Terkper Believes ECG Can Settle Their US$60m Loan
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has assured Parliament of the Electricity Company of Ghana’s (ECG) capacity to repay the on-lend ...
ECG Has Capacity To Repay US$60 Million Loan
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has assured Parliament of the Electricity Company of Ghana’s (ECG) capacity to repay the on-lend ...