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Seidu Agongo, the Chief Executive of defunct Heritage Bank in an interview last week highlighted the challenges business leaders face and the need for policymakers to deliberately adopt business perspectives into decision-making.

Data released at the latest Monetary Policy Committee press briefing at the end of March reveals that the first two months of this year have recorded increased economic activity, improved sentiments by both consumers and businesses as well as a build-up in business inventories.

The Ghana Zangos Forum has used the Eid period to celebrate Alhaji Naziru Seidu Mohammed. They described him as…

Gold prices crossed the US$3,000 per fine ounce on March 14, 2025, on account of heightened economic uncertainty triggered by the trade and geopolitical tensions, persistent inflation, and weakening US dollar”, the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Johnson Asiama told journalists last week.

The government is permitted to spend GH¢293 billion from the Consolidated Fund and other public funds for the 2025 financial year per the Appropriation bill with GH¢68 billion allocated for wages and salaries and GH¢13 billion for the payment of arrears.

The Ghana Reference Rate, which serves effectively as the base lending rate for all commercial banks – being computed by them in collaboration with the BoG – has been a little higher at 29.72% in January and 29.96% in February.

“We will need the active involvement of the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB), alongside the NPA’s intelligence unit and other security agencies like the Police, Customs, and Fire Service, to combat all forms of fuel-related crimes,” the Chief Executive of NPA, Godwin Edudzi Tameklo.

“Ghana will not default ever again, not on my watch”, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson boasted when speaking to representatives of pensions fund in Accra last week emphasizing that reopening the capital market is in the collective interest of all stakeholders, as it will help lower inflation, stabilize the cedi, and restore confidence in financial markets.

Bank of Ghana data indicates that the Ghana Cedi lost 5.3% in value to the US dollar from January to March this year.

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