{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Ghanamma.com","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024","author_name":"Ghana News","author_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/","title":"Reduce the policy rate \u2013 Economist tells BoG \u2013 - Ghanamma.com","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ny11RSdcxU\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/17\/reduce-the-policy-rate-economist-tells-bog\/\">Reduce the policy rate \u2013 Economist tells BoG \u2013<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/17\/reduce-the-policy-rate-economist-tells-bog\/embed\/#?secret=ny11RSdcxU\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Reduce the policy rate \u2013 Economist tells BoG \u2013&#8221; &#8212; Ghanamma.com\" data-secret=\"ny11RSdcxU\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-567.png","thumbnail_width":696,"thumbnail_height":394,"description":"The Bank of\u00a0Ghana\u00a0(BoG) must immediately reduce the\u00a0policy rate\u00a0because the current rate of 30 percent is not helpful to\u00a0businesses, an economist, Dr John Kwakye, has said. Dr Kwakye, also Director of Research at the Institue of Economic Research (IEA), observed that no\u00a0economy\u00a0can thrive at the rate of 30 percent hence his call to the\u00a0central bank\u00a0to reduce [&hellip;]"}