Tag: Fiscal Responsibility Act

The Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA) has called for an amendment to the Fiscal Responsibility Act to include a provision that limits the period for which it can be suspended ...

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has called for the establishment of a Currency Board (CB) to minimize Central Bank's lending to the government, a move it believes will stabilize ...

A Deputy Finance Minister, Kwaku Kwarteng has said government will make sure it doesn’t spend to cause any harm to the health of the economy. His comments follow a barrage ...

An economist with the Institute of Statistical and Social Economic Research, Prof. Augustine Fosu is warning suspension of the fiscal responsibility act could negatively affect the country’s rating. The suspension ...

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta will today, Thursday, 6 August 2020, justify his request to suspend the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) in Parliament. In his mid-year budget presentation last month, Mr Ofori-Atta ...

The Minority in Parliament has forewarned the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta of a possible censure process for allegedly breaching the Fiscal Responsibility Act.  Fiscal responsibility implies a government pursues the ...

The Bank of Ghana in fulfilling its promise of the 10-billion-cedi support to government’s budget, has given 5.5 billion Ghana Cedis to the government. The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, made ...