Economy
The best of current economic news for Ghana, Africa and other parts of the world
Minimum wage increased by GHc1
Government has announced an increase in the minimum wage by 16.7 percent. The daily minimum wage has now been pegged...
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WEF’s Schwab Says He Predicted Swiss Would End Franc Cap
What could upset the World Economic Forum? That’s what founder and executive chairman Klaus Schwab says was on his mind...
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Sub-Saharan Africa Growth Target Cut by IMF as Oil Declines
The International Monetary Fund cut its 2015 economic growth forecast for sub-Saharan Africa by almost 1 percentage point as falling...
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Economy Fails To Meet Target
Ghana’s economy which was touted in 2011 as one of the fastest growing in the world propelled by the start...
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Economy Fails To Meet Target
Ghana’s economy which was touted in 2011 as one of the fastest growing in the world propelled by the start...
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Economic growth lowest in 5 yrs …expands 4.2% in 2014
The economy is in a dramatic slowdown. The Ghana Statistical Service has projected 2014 growth to fall to 4.2% from...
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Talks with IMF on track — Kwesi Botchwey
The leader of the government’s negotiating team with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Professor Kwesi Botchwey, has stated that negotiations...
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Why Africa is becoming less dependent on commodities
FOR DECADES commodities have shaped Africa’s economic growth. When prices were high, growth was good; when prices dipped, so did...
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Sustained low oil price could impact Ecobank in 2015: CEO Essien
Tumbling oil prices remaining low for a sustained period could hurt pan-African lender Ecobank in 2015, Chief Executive Albert Essien...
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Talks with IMF on track — Kwesi Botchwey
The leader of the government’s negotiating team with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Professor Kwesi Botchwey, has stated that negotiations...
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