Tag: Ministry of Finance

The Credit Ratings Agency, Fitch Ratings has observed that Ghana risks exposing itself to a heavy debt-service burden and fiscal slippages following the 2021 budget presented on the 12th March ...

In the delivery of the 2021 national budget, the government announced its commitment to establish a National Rental Assistance scheme. However, this raises a lot of questions, especially considering that ...

The government of Ghana has projected a budget deficit of 9.5 percent of GDP for the 2021 fiscal year. This is lower than the projected deficit target of 11.7 percent ...

A Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana and the Director of Ali-Nakyea and Associates, Dr. Abdallah Ali-Nakyea has expressed dissatisfaction about government’s imposition of new taxes on various sectors ...

The government’s imposition of a financial sector clean-up levy of 5% to be charged on banks, although well-intentioned, it'll rather increase the cost of doing business and thereby stifle investment. ...

The Government of Ghana has commenced the processes for the 2021 International Capital Market (ICM) Funding Programme. Accordingly, the government expects to raise up to $5 billion. Last year, at ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) asserts that gender budgeting can help to stimulate economic recovery amid the coronavirus pandemic. Additionally, the IMF hints that gender budgeting brings the powerful tool ...

Ghana’s overall debt stock is likely to continue rising into 2022 as COVID-19 pandemic-related spending continues unabated and the realization of energy sector liabilities dominate the country’s debt structure, Fitch ...

A tax expert, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana, and the Director of Ali-Nakyea & Associates, Dr. Abdallah Ali-Nakyea has advised the government to do a dynamic analysis ...

Producer price inflation inched up to 9.1 percent in January 2021 from the 7.0 percent recorded in December 2020.   The Producer Price Index (PPI) rose from 687.7 in January 2020 ...