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The inflation rate for September 2024 increased to 21.5 percent from 20.4 percent in August.This rise is due to an increase in food inflation,...

Inflation is expected to decline further to 19.0% year-on-year in September 2024, IC Research has predicted.However, it expects month-on-month inflation to rise to 0.7%.“For...

The year-on-year inflation rate at ex-factory prices for all goods and services increased to 33.2% in August 2024 from 29.1% in July 2024.The month-on-month...

In August 2024, the Upper West and Upper East regions of Ghana reported the highest food and non-food inflation rates, with food inflation reaching...

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has expressed concerns about the uncertainty regarding the inflation path for the rest of the year, given recent exchange...

The year-on-year inflation for the month of August has slowed marginally to 20.4% from 20.9% recorded in July.According to the Ghana Statistical Service, the...

An opposition Ghanaian lawmaker, Haruna Iddrisu, has berated Ghana’s governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the country’s “worst” cost of living.The former Employment and Labour...

Claim: The Member of Parliament for Bole Bamboi, Yusif Sulemana, has claimed that Ghana’s food inflation currently stands at 50%. Verdict: False. Data from the Ghana Statistical Service...

Inflation is expected to surge to 21.8% in August 2024, IC Securities has predicted.According to the investment firm, this is due to unfavourable base...

The Producer Price Index (PPI) rate for July 2024 was 29.1%, a 3.5 percentage point increase over that of June 2024.The month-on-month change in...

The Finance Minister, Mohammed Amin Adam (MP), has expressed concern that the delay in rains and its impact on crops could lead to a...

The Institute for Economic Affairs has emphasized that inflation remains in Ghana remains high by international standards despite it dropping significantly from 54.1% in...

The Bank of Ghana has expressed its commitment to maintain a sufficiently tight monetary policy stance until inflation is on a firmly declining path.In...

Inflation for the month of July 2024, tumbled to 20.9%.This represents a decline of 1.9 percentage points from that of June which was at...

Ghana's consumer inflation has continued to decline, reaching 20.9% year-on-year in July, marking the fourth straight month of reduction.This represents a 2.1 percentage point...

Finance Minister, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, has projected that Ghana’s inflation rate will reach 15% by the end of 2024.During a town hall meeting...

Research firm, IC Research is raising its 2024 annual inflation forecast by 340 basis points to between 19.3% and 21.3%.This is due to the...

Recent exchange rate pressures, upward adjustments in utility tariffs, and increases in fuel prices have posed risks to inflation that remain slightly tilted to...

The latest data from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) reveals that the Producer Price Inflation (PPI) rate for June 2024 has climbed to 25.9%,...

The near-term inflation outlook is uncertain despite the disinflation trend, GCB Capital has disclosed.It pointed out that while it expects the disinflation trend to...

Ghana’s economy is showing promising signs of recovery, as evidenced by a significant decline in inflation, which dropped to 23.1% in May 2024 from...

The year-on-year inflation rate at ex-factory prices for all goods and services was 23.6% in May 2024.This was far higher than the 16.8% recorded...

Inflation for May 2024 declined marginally to 23.1% from the 25.0% recorded in April 2024.According to the Ghana Statistical Service, food inflation recorded a...

Ghana’s inflation is expected to end 2024 at 20.9%, the African Development Bank has revealed in its updated 2024 African Economic Outlook.This is higher...

Inflation is expected to fall to 21% level in May 2024 and end the year around 17%.According to GCB Capital, this is due to...

The Bank of Ghana has initiated a program to explain the dynamics of inflation.Additionally, the Central bank has offered insights into how it determines...

The Year-on-year inflation rate at ex-factory prices for all goods and services was 16.8% in April 2024, the Ghana Statistical Service has reported.This is...

The Finance Minister, Dr Mohammed Amin Adam, has stated that the government's pragmatic policies are effectively steering the economy in the right direction.He highlighted...

Inflation for April 2024 has declined marginally to 25 percent from the 25.8 percent recorded in March 2024.By this, the inflation rate for April...

Fitch Solutions is projecting an average inflation of 19.0% for Ghana in 2024.This is lower than the International Monetary Fund’s 22.3%.According to the London-based...

The International Monetary Fund, IMF is projecting that Ghana will return to single-digit inflation by the end of 2025.The IMF in its Economic Outlook...

The year-on-year inflation rate at ex-factory prices for all goods and services was 16.5% in March 2024, the Ghana Statistical Services has disclosed.This is...

A recent report by the United Nations has shed light on the persistent challenge of food inflation across various African nations in 2024.The...

Ghana’s inflation of 25.8% is the 6th highest in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to the April 2024 World Bank Africa Pulse report.Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, Malawi,...

Inflation for the month of March 2024 increased to 25.8% from 23.2% recorded in February 2024.According to figures from the Ghana Statistical Service, the...

Founder and Leader of Movement for Change, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen has outlined his plan to tackle food inflation should he be elected as President...

Most Ghanaians shifted their spending habits in 2023 with a focus on essential goods as inflation bites, according to a survey by Maverick ResearchThe...

GCB Capital expects a sharp increase in headline inflation in March 2024 to around 26%.This is largely due to unfavourable base drifts, following the...

The Bank of Ghana is forecasting a further decline in headline inflation to between 13 – 17% by the end of 2024, before gradually...

Ghana continues to grapple with price hikes as the year-on-year inflation rate for January 2024 sees a marginal rise.It hits 23.5%, making it one...