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The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana after meeting last week and reviewing recent global and domestic developments, including the outlook for the Ghanaian economy has decided to maintain the policy rate for the 6th consecutive time at 14.5 percent. The maintenance of the policy rate which is of…

Latest data from the Bank of Ghana’s Summary of Macroeconomic and Financial Data for the period ending February 2021 shows the value of Ghana’s total exports decreased to about 2.5 billion dollars in February 2021, from the about 2.8 billion dollars recorded during the same time in 2020. An estimated…

The permanent removal of taxes on capital gains on listed securities in the country has been lauded by the Managing Director of Ghana Stock Exchange, Ekow Afedzie, describing it as critical to the growth of Ghana’s capital market. A capital gain is described as an increase in the value of…