Category: BLOG

MPC-Press-Release-September-2020-1

LAST WEEK, THE BANK OF GHANA MPC MEETING – SEPTEMBER 2020 TOOK PLACE. NATURALLY, THE MEETING WAS OVERSHADOWED BY THE CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC. NEVERTHELESS, THE MPC LEFT THE MONETARY POLICY RATE UNCHANGED AT 14.5%

IN THIS FIRST PART OF THE ARTICLE SERIES, I WILL TAKE A LOOK` AT THE PRESS BRIEFING OF THE MPC. IN THE TWO FOLLOWING ARTICLES, I WILL EXAMINE THE SUMMARY OF ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL DATA SEPTEMBER 2020. AS USUAL, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE MPC PRESS RELEASE IN PDF FORMAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS ARTICLE. Continue reading “BANK OF GHANA MPC MEETING – SEPTEMBER 2020”

 

 

GHANA’S DEBT-TO-GDP RATIO AND THE DOWNGRADING BY STANDARD AND POORS – WHAT TO MAKE OUT OF IT.

MANY PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT GHANA’S CURRENT DEBT SITUATION, AND THE DOWNGRADING BY THE RATINGS AGENCY STANDARD AND POOR’S. BUT IS THE SITUATION REALLY AS BAD AS IT SEEMS? Continue reading “GHANA’S DEBT-TO-GDP RATIO AND THE DOWNGRADING BY STANDARD AND POORS”

The House of Morgan

TRUMP, THE GREAT DEPRESSION, AND AfCFTA – THE CONNECTION; WHERE IS IT? IN THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE, I WILL TRY TO CONNECT THE DOTS. Continue reading “TRUMP, THE GREAT DEPRESSION, AND AfCFTA – THE CONNECTION”

WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2020

THE WORLD BANK HAS JUST PUBLISHED THE WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2020.(YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE REPORT AT THE BEGINNINF OF THIS ARTICLE.) IN THIS REPORT, THE WORLD BANK DISCUSSES THE USE OF GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS (GVC), ESPECIALLY FOR DEVELOPING ECONOMIES. GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS DEMAND MORE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION. ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENT, THIS REGIONAL INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION WAS RECENTLY INITIATED THROUGH THE AFRICAN CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AREA (AfCFTA). WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF AfCFTA FOR GHANA AND AFRICA?

THIS ARTICLE IS RE-PUBLISHED AS AN INTRODUCTION TO A SERIES OF ARTICLES ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF AfCFTA.

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