Total liabilities recorded by the Central Bank for the year ended 2020, amounted to Ghs 115 billion. As contained in the Quarterly Statistical Bulletin released by the Bank and perused by norvanreports, the Central Bank’s liabilities on a year-on-year basis increased by some Ghs 35.6 billion, as liabilities recorded by the Central Bank at end-December 2019, stood

Government missed its target of Ghs 673 million for the 91-day and 181-day treasury bills auctioned on Friday, April 30, 2021. This would be the fourth consecutive week government has missed its targets for treasury bills auctions. Auctioning results published by the Bank of Ghana, indicate that government mobilized Ghs 573.22 million for both the

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has reduced the addition of Ghs 0.17 pesewas to the already Parliament approved Ghs 0.30 pesewas tax charge on fuel price as contained in the 2021 budget statement. The reduction in the price of fuel followed a meeting between the Minister for Energy, the NPA, Association of Oil Marketing Companies

Erstwhile Minister for Finance, Seth Terkper, has noted that Ghana is likely to default on the servicing of its debts given its swelling debts and stagnant revenues. Ghana’s debt stock as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected to increase in the medium term. According to

The Bank of Ghana’s (BoG) Special Drawing Rights (SDR) holdings with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) decreased by $16.6 million in 2020. IMF SDR holdings of the BoG at end-November 2020 stood at Ghs 242.39 million ($42.2 million), but then declined to Ghs 148 million ($25.6 million) at end-December 2020.  BoG’s Ghs 148 million ($25.6

Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has said the quality of Ghana’s cocoa is unmatched making China no competition in terms of cocoa exports to the international market. “Ghana’s cocoa in terms of quality is matchless to none globally, hence, the international market’s decision to pay up to 25 percent premium on

Executive Secretary of the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana (COPEC), Duncan Amoah, has accused the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) of unilaterally adding some Ghs 0.17 pesewas to the already Parliament approved Ghs 0.30 pesewas tax charge on fuel price as contained in the 2021 budget statement. In statement issued by the Chamber on Friday, April

Government has witnessed a significant increase in revenue generated from the country’s downstream petroleum sector due to the improved monitoring of in-flows and out-flows at the various oil marketing company depots nationwide. Within a period of ten months, the monitoring service being provided by a private revenue assurance firm; Strategic Mobilization Ghana Limited, SML, raked