Joy Business Report @1

Bringing you updates from the world of business

Episodes

Total: 385

Unemployment Rate

2023/9/11

Unemployment as a percentage of the labor force is expected to tick slightly to 4.0% in 2023 from 3.

Work hard to meet convergence criteria by December 2026 for ‘ECO’ takeoff – ECOWAS countries urged.

Cocoa Market Price

2023/9/6

Cocoa Farmers demand 72.5% increase in cocoa farmgate prices.

Restructuring NIB

2023/9/5

Government is considering moves for ADB to takeover the National Investment Bank (NIB).

Domestic Debt Exchange

2023/9/4

Take advantage of regulatory interventions, exploit alternative investment choices to boost returns

Banking Consultant, Dr. Richmond Atuahene, says the interventions carried out by the Bank of Ghana t

Ghana's High Tax Regime

2023/8/31

Government must close tax gap, not impose more taxes – Chartered Institute of Taxation.

Taxation

2023/8/30

Government advised to restructure tax payments rather than introducing new taxes.

IMF Support

2023/8/29

Ghana makes progress in all key target under IMF programme ahead of major review next month

New Bonds

2023/8/25

Government has denied that it is solely using funds raised from treasury bills to finance coupon pay

Ghana's Energy sector

2023/8/24

The Independent Power Generators Ghana has confirmed receipt of payment from the Electricity Company

Bank of Ghana Losses

2023/8/23

A professor of Economics at the University of Ghana, Godfred Bokpin, has called for an independent b

Domestic Debt Exchange

2023/8/22

The Government of Ghana is expected to settle ¢2.4 billion of the first coupon payment on bonds occa

Bank of Ghana explains that the central bank consulted the IMF in 2022 before funding government exp

Ghana’s Fiscal Deficit

2023/8/17

Ghana’s fiscal deficit to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 9.0% was the highest in West Africa in 202

Fuel prices go up

2023/8/16

Petrol now selling at ¢13.50, diesel ¢13.90

VAT Invoices

2023/8/15

Three hotel managers in GRA’s grip over failure to issue VAT invoices.

Data Protection

2023/8/14

250 public and private entities have been placed under data protection surveillance for failing to c

End-Year Inflation

2023/8/10

The African Development Bank is projecting an end-year inflation of 45% for Ghana in 2023.

July 2023 Inflation Rate

2023/8/9

The Year-on-year inflation for July 2023 has increased to 43.1 percent compared to 42.5 percent reco