GHANA RESEARCH

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IN BANK OF GHANA MPC MEETING JANUARY 2021 – PART 2, I DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:

— PRICE DEVELOPMENTS;

— REAL SECTOR INDICATORS;

— MONEY MARKET RATES.

AS USUAL, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE TWO UNDERLYING DOCUMENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS ARTICLE.

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BANK OF GHANA MPC MEETING JANUARY 2021 – A BRIEF ANALYSIS – A FOUR ARTICLE SERIES.

THE MONETARY POLICY COMMITTEE [MPC] OF THE BANK OF GHANA [BOG] HELD ITS FIRST 2021 MEETING LAST WEEK. I WILL GIVE A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF THIS MEETING IN FOUR PARTS. THE FIRST WILL EXAMINE THE MPC PRESS RELEASE. FURTHERMORE, I WILL DISCUSS THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL DATA IN THREE MORE PARTS. AS USUAL, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE TWO DOCUMENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH ARTICLE.

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IN BOG MPC MEETING NOVEMBER 2020 – 4, I FOCUS ON FOUR TOPICS. THESE ARE:

— MONETARY INDICATORS;

— BANKING SECTORS INDICATORS;

— STOCK MARKET PERFORMANCE; AND

— PAYMENT SYSTEM DATA.

AT THE END OF THIS ARTICLE, I WILL ADD A CONCLUSION.

AS USUAL, YOU CAN DOWMLOAD THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FROM THE TOP OF THIS ARTICLE. Continue reading “BOG MPC MEETING NOVEMBER 2020 – 4”

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BOG MPC MEETING NOVEMBER 2020 – 3 IS THE THIRD PART OF MY ARTICLE SERIES ON THE NOVEMBER 2020 MEETING OF THE MONETARY POLICY COMMITTEE OF THE BANK OF GHANA. IT CONCENTRATES ON THE FOLLOWIG ISSUES:

— COMMODITY PRICES;

— EXTERNAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS; AND

— GOVERNMENT FISCAL OPERATIONS.

AS USUAL, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE NECESSARY ARTICLES IN PDF FORMAT FROM THE TOP OF THIS ARTICLE. Continue reading “BOG MPC MEETING NOVEMBER 2020 – 3”

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BOG MPC MEETING NOVEMBER 2020 – A SUMMARY AND COMMENT – 2 DEALS WITH THE FIRST COMPONENTS OF THE RECENT SUMMARY OF ECONOMIC DATA. THESE ARE:

— PRICE DEVELOPMENTS,

— REAL SECTOR INDICATORS,

— MONEY MARKET RATES, AND

— FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES.

AS USUAL, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE DOCUMENTS IN PDF FORMAT FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS ARTICLE. Continue reading “BOG MPC MEETING NOVEMBER 2020 – A SUMMARY AND COMMENT – 2”

THE AFRICA CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AREA

CHINA AND 14 OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE NOW COME TOGETHER TO FORM THE “REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP” [RCEP].

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NANA KONADU – DON’T STEP DOWN, PLEASE – IF YOU DON’T WANT

HARDLY HAS EX-PRESIDENT HIS EXCELLENCY FLT. LIEUTENANT J.J. RAWLINGS HAS DIED [R.I.P.], DEMANDS HAVE COME UP. SOME OF THESE VOICES – OF COURSE FROM MEN – FOCUS ON HIS WIFE NANA KONADU. THEY ASK HER TO STEP DOWN AS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY [NDP]. LEAVE HER IN PEACE! Continue reading “NANA KONADU – DON’T STEP DOWN, PLEASE – IF YOU DON’T WANT”

OBVIOUSLY IN REGARDS TO HIS ELECTION CAMPAIGN, THE FLAGBEARER OF THE OPPOSITION NDC HAS SPREAD THE RUMOR THAT GHANA WILL GO HIPIC AGAIN. THIS IS TO DISGRACE THE ECONOMIC EFFORTS UNDER THE AKUFFO-ADDO GOVERNMENT. YESTERDAY THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND [IMF] PUBLISHED A RESPONSE TO THESE RUMORS. READ THE RESPONSE OF THE IMF AS FOLLOWS:

“We have been made aware of (social) media reports stating that Ghana has recently been added to the list of Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). As a result, we would like to provide the following clarifications:

The HIPC Initiative is essentially CLOSED for countries that have already reached the Completion Point.

As you may recall, Ghana successfully reached the Completion Point in July 2004.

The list of countries that have qualified to the HIPC Initiative since inception in 1996 is regularly updated on our website and MUST NOT be interpreted as a new “HIPC list”.

Any such interpretation is flawed and may be deceptive.

Also, the recent update of Ghana’s debt-to-GDP ratio has NOT triggered any decision or action by the IMF. For ease of reference, you can access the latest issue of the Fund’s Regional Economic Outlook for sub-Saharan Africa on our website.

We would like to take this opportunity to encourage you to seek clarification before giving credence to rumor involving the IMF in Ghana. We reserve the right to issue a public statement to make such clarifications as needed.”

SEE: https://www.primenewsghana.com/business/imf-responds-to-ghana-s-hipc-classification.html

I SHOULD ADD THAT UNDER THE PANDEMIC SITUATION, THERE IS PROBABLY HARDLY ANY COUNTRY THAT HAS A DEBT-TO-GDP RATIO UNDER 70 PERCENT. WE COULD THEN DECLARE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, GERMANY, AND THE UNITED KINGDOM HIRIC. WE COULD CLASSIFY THESE COUNTRIES AS HIGHLY INDEBTED RICH COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, WE CAN SEE THAT THE RUNORS SPREAD BY THE NDC ARE ONLY AN ATTEMPT BY THE NDC TO DISCREDIT THE NPP GOVERNMENT AHEAD OF THE DECEMBER ELECTIONS.

JUST BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE…