The governor of the central bank, Dr.Ernest Addison, has said that legal frameworks have been firmed up to commit Ghana into trading in local currencies among countries in the African continent. He said the central bank has embarked on reforms which will enhance financial transaction with Ghana and it’s neihghbouring …
Read More »BoG oversees GH¢7.9 million refund, compensation payments
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has by the end of the year 2021 secured monetary compensations and refunds totalling about GH₵72.9 million for complainants. Regulated Financial Institutions (RFI) paid complainants whose complaints were lodged, investigated, and found justifiable based on the BoG market conduct rules for its regulated entities. A breakdown of …
Read More »Strengthen BoG to fight against use of foreign currency – Economist
Dr. Samuel Worlanyo Mensah, an Economist, with the Center for Greater Impact Africa, has called for a strategic policy to strengthen the Bank of Ghana to fight against the use of foreign currencies in the country. He explained that BoG needed to be resilient in stabilising the Ghana Cedi to compete with …
Read More »Cedi has depreciated by 15.8% – BoG Governor
Bank of Ghana Governor Ernest Addison has said developments in global capital markets, combined with internal challenges that resulted in the rating downgrade of Ghana’s economy, have played out to exacerbate price and exchange rate pressures in the domestic economy. The Ghana cedi, he noted, came “under severe pressure in the first …
Read More »Legal practitioner petitions A-G to prosecute BoG officials for cedi depreciation
A private Legal Practitioner and Law Lecturer, Dr. John Baiden has petitioned the office of the Attorney-General to prosecute officials of the Bank of Ghana over the rapid depreciation of the Ghana Cedi. In his petition, he said, “The Bank of Ghana has compromised the Ghana cedi. It is out of line and …
Read More »Keep calm, cedi will stabilise soon – BoG Governor
Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison, has calmed nerves over the current rapid depreciation of the cedi, saying, the bank is implementing interventions that will stabilise the local currency against its major trading currencies in the shortest possible time. His comments come on the back of concerns over the …
Read More »Sankofa Series: Peduase Lodge, BoG and 88 other projects Nkrumah gifted Ghana
When you take a drive along the concreted 19km Accra-Tema Motorway, or when you attend that event at the National Theater in Accra, perhaps, the last thoughts that run to your mind might never be about under whose tenure of presidency these projects were undertaken. And by the way, the …
Read More »Fitch, Moody’s downgrades put ‘severe pressure’ on cedi – BoG
The Sovereign credit rating downgrades of Ghana by Fitch and Moody’s led to “widened yield spreads on both cedi-denominated government of Ghana bonds and the country’s Eurobonds”, the Bank of Ghana has said. “These downgrades reflect market and investor concerns about fiscal and debt sustainability”, Governor Ernest Addison told journalists …
Read More »Cedi woes show BoG has no dollar reserves – Isaac Adongo
MP for Bolgatanga Central Constituency, Isaac Adongo, has clapped back at the Bank of Ghana after over he calls “cooked reserves.” Ghana’s cedi has been on a depreciation spree since the beginning of this year. As of Friday, March 10, 2022, the dollar was selling at GH¢7.65. This according to the business community …
Read More »Don’t patronize “Freedom Coin” – BoG warns
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has warned Ghanaians against trading in the yet to be launched cryptocurrency named “Freedom Coin”. “The public is hereby cautioned that neither this cryptocurrency nor the promoting company has approval from Bank of Ghana to operate in the banking and payment sector. “In line with …
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