Efforts to close loopholes exploited by multinational corporations (MNCs) to reduce their tax bills came to a head on June 4-5. At a meeting in London, G7 finance ministers agreed to commit to a global minimum tax of at least 15% on a country-by-country basis. Efforts to close loopholes exploited by multinational corporations (MNCs) to reduce

Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper has once again bemoaned the country’s debt collection methods as well as its revenue performance in recent years. This, according to him, can partly be blamed on non-response to the rebasing of the country’s GDP. He made these assertions in a post-budget dialogue organized by Citi TV and the University

KEY POINTS A group of 130 nations has agreed to a global minimum tax on corporations, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced Thursday, part of a broader agreement to overhaul international tax rules. Yellen did not announce the actual rate at which the GMT would be set, but the Biden administration has pushed for at least

Director of Research for the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), Dr John Kwakye, has made calls for transparency on the country’s financial and energy sector debts as a component of the country’s overall public debt stock. The call by the Institute, Dr Kwakye explains, would aid in dispelling the notion of concealment of the debt burden of

Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Yedu Addison, has said that the main reason for high lending rates in the country is largely due to government’s huge borrowing from the domestic debt market to support the budget; hence, any hope of affordable lending will depend on fiscal consolidation. Dr. Addison’s comment comes on

Ghana’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate according to analyst and founder for the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), Dr Jackie Cilliers will fall by 2 percent if the country’s external debt composition crosses 60 percent of its GDP. Ghana’s total debt stock as at March 2021 was Ghs 304.66 billion, but the debts tock then increased by Ghs

As the discussion around the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) classification of Ghana as a low income developing country continues, the Head of the Institute for Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), Professor Peter Quartey has called on the government to focus on building a resilient economy that will thrive after the COVID-19 pandemic is dealt

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Ghana has on several occasions warnings and alerts from rating agencies and major multilateral institutions such as the World Bank, IMF, and Fitch Ratings over its stagnant revenues and rising debt vulnerabilities. Fitch Ratings for instance, in June, reviewed downwards Ghana’s Long-Term IDR from ‘B’ to ‘B-‘ indicating an increase in the country’s default risk in repayment of its

Ghana’s economy to continue strong growth despite lurking risks – BoG Governor tells investors Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Ernest Addison, has said Ghana’s economy will continue to show strong growth despite risks posed by the Covid pandemic and its ability to derail the economic progress made so far by the country. Speaking to investors at