Inflation rise

Ghana’s headline consumer inflation rate edged up to 5.0% year-on-year in August 2026, marking a 0.4 percentage-point increase from the 4.6% recorded in July, official figures from the Ghana Statistical …

Food inflation rose to 43.7%, from 37.8% last month, driven higher by items such as water, milk, eggs and sugar, according to the statistics agency.

He said the union was earlier targeting a 30 to 40 per cent increase in transport fares in parity with the recent rise in the prices of petroleum products. However, …