Gradual restraint of current spending at the cost of higher risk for protests
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Ghana’s trials have been muddling through over the first half of 2014. The country’s problematic double digit deficits – on the fiscal ...
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Partial capital controls imposed in the hopes of stopping local currency pressure
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On 4 February the Central Bank of Ghana introduced foreign exchange controls and two days later raised interest rates by 200 basis points to ...
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Ghana
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Government’s grim financial situation likely to spill over into 2014 budge
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Ghana will not be able to cut its budget deficit to 9% of GDP for 2013. Furthermore, single digit inflation and a limitation of local currency ...
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Ghana
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Economic challenges lie ahead after glossy political image is left largely untouched
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During the December 2012 elections, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) managed to preserve a parliamentary majority while the NDC’s ...
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Ghana
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