{"id":480120,"date":"2011-09-01T16:49:38","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T16:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/09\/01\/ghana%e2%80%99s-policy-rate-unchanged-still-at-12-5\/"},"modified":"2011-09-01T16:49:38","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T16:49:38","slug":"ghanas-policy-rate-unchanged-still-at-12-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/09\/01\/ghanas-policy-rate-unchanged-still-at-12-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana\u2019s policy rate unchanged, still at 12.5%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>You Are Here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\">Home<\/a> \u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/category\/general-news\/\" title=\"View all posts in General News\" rel=\"category tag\">General News<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/category\/second-lead\/\" title=\"View all posts in Second Lead\" rel=\"category tag\">Second Lead<\/a> \u00bb Ghana\u2019s policy rate unchanged, still at 12.5%<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Page last updated at Thursday, September 1, 2011 16:16 PM \/\/ <\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/bank-of-ghana.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5867\" title=\"bank-of-ghana\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/bank-of-ghana.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a>The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) today September 1, 2011 maintained the policy rate at 12.5%, same as the last time the MPC announced in July this year.<\/p>\n<p>Governor of the BoG and chairman of the MPC, Mr. Kwesi Amissah-Arthur who announced this in a news conference told reporters that \u201cthe pace of economic activity has picked up, consumer confidence has improved and expectations about macroeconomic conditions are positive.\u201d He said for these factors the rate was maintained.<\/p>\n<p>Inflation expectations are well-anchored and have stabilized along the single digit path, supported by favourable food prices, he adds.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s inflation rate dropped by 0.20 percentage points to close at 8.39% at the end of July 2011, down from 8.59% recorded in June 2011. It is the lowest inflation rate for the country in 19 years<\/p>\n<p>By Ekow Quandzie<\/p>\n<h4>Comments<\/h4><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> You Are Here: Home \u00bb General News , Second Lead \u00bb Ghana\u2019s policy rate unchanged, still at 12.5% Page last updated at Thursday, September 1, 2011 16:16 PM \/\/ The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) today September 1, 2011 maintained the policy rate at 12.5%, same as the last time the MPC announced in July this year. 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