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Govt industrialisation drive, banking clean up will benefit economy post COVID-19 – EIU

July 23, 2020 The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has hailed government’s industrialisation drive under its flagship One District One Factory intiative and the banking sector clean up. In its...

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July 23, 2020 / Comments (0)

Comprehensive policies needed in post COVID-19 recovery – IEA

July 20, 2020 The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), says properly coordinated and comprehensive policies are required to ensure a post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery. It says the recovery would be...

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July 20, 2020 / Comments (0)

Ken Ofori-Atta to present Mid-year budget review on July 23

July 17, 2020 Ghana’s Finance Minister is expected to present a review of the mid-year budget before Parliament on Thursday, July 23, 2020, Citi Business News reports. In accordance with...

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July 17, 2020 / Comments (0)

AGRA’s COVID-19 Situation Report for July rues continental food insecurity

July 14, 2020 As COVID-19 cases continue to increase in AGRA-focus (1) countries, food insecurity remains a concern as economies suffer, AGRA’s COVID-19 Situation Report Number 5 for July 2020 states....

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July 14, 2020 / Comments (0)

Fitch: Sub-Sahara African debt burdens rising faster than elsewhere

July 1, 2020 Government debt burdens across sub-Saharan Africa are rising at a faster pace and to higher levels than elsewhere in emerging markets, heightening the risk of further rating downgrades and...

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July 1, 2020 / Comments (0)

Total revenue falls short by GH¢3.59bn in first quarter

June 23, 2020 During the period under review, total revenue and grants amounted to GH¢10.35 billion, which is lower than the target of GH¢13.94 billion. This outturn represented a 1.0 per cent...

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June 23, 2020 / Comments (0)

Data consolidation ongoing to boost revenue generation – Fin. Minister

June 19, 2020 The Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta has said that the country is to put in place systems to consolidate the data of state agencies in the bid to capture all tax payers – both...

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June 19, 2020 / Comments (0)

Coronavirus downs oil revenue by 82% in first quarter

June 19, 2020 The country’s fears of losing substantial domestic revenue through the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic has been worsened as Bank of Ghana data shows only about 18 percent...

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June 19, 2020 / Comments (0)

BoG releases GH¢5.5 billion to support Covid-19 fight

May 29, 2020 The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has released the first tranche of GH¢5.5 billion of the GH¢10 billion emergency facility the government is seeking to support residual expenditures to cushion the...

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May 29, 2020 / Comments (0)

BoG bails out gov’t with GH¢10bn to close fiscal gap

May 18, 2020 As part of measures to close the yawning budget deficit gap created by impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, the central bank has triggered its emergency financing provision that will allow...

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May 18, 2020 / Comments (0)