Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has cut the rate at which it lends to commercial banks to 27 per cent from 29 per cent.
Speaking at a News Conference a while ago the Chairman of the committee and Governor of the BoG, Dr Ernest Addison noted that the action was influenced by a favorable economic outlook.
He explained that since the first quarter of the year, headline inflation has declined for 5 consecutive months by 5.4 percentage points.
“Given these considerations, the Committee decided to lower the Monetary Policy Rate by 200 basis points to 27.0 per cent”, he said.
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