Tag: Gross Domestic Product
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Ghana plans to reduce debt-to-GDP ratio to 50% by 2028 – Ken Ofori-Atta
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has said government plans to reduce its debt to Gross Domestic Product ratio from its current 100 percent to 50...
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Third-party deficit financing could jeopardise development – IEA
The expectation that international concessional and development partners will cover the whole anticipated budget deficit in the medium-term, meaning between 2023 and 2026, has...
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Government to invest GH¢50m to augment agricultural value chains – Finance Minister
According to the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, the government will spend GH50 million through the Development Bank Ghana (DBG) in the agriculture sector as...
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Consider partnerships to improve better chances for investment – Startups urged
Edward Ashong-Lartey, director of investor services at the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre, has once again urged Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), particularly startups, to...
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2023 budget must not be business as usual- IEA
According to the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), the budget and economic strategy for 2023 will "make or break" the economy; therefore, it cannot...
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‘2023 budget must break the past, chart new path to restore macroeconomic stability’ – IEA
The next 2023 budget, which will be read in parliament on Thursday, November 24, 2022, according to Dr. John Kwakye, director of research at...
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‘2023 budget must break the past, chart a new path to restore macroeconomic stability’ – IEA
Dr. John Kwakye, director of research at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), has stated that the country's macroeconomic stability should be a priority...
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What industry leaders want government to focus in 2023 budget
Business executives and other sector stakeholders have identified a number of issues they want the government to concentrate on as it presents the budget...
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MPR hike, other factors to squeeze growth in medium term – Economist
It is almost clear that the Bank of Ghana's decision to increase its Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) by an additional 250 basis points (bps)...
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Nation loses 7% GDP to psychological distress
Psychological distress, a mental health condition, costs the country about seven per cent (GH¢8.6 billion) of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), a clinical psychologist,...
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