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Togbe Afede XIV, the Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State, has called out the Bank of Ghana (BoG) regarding its maintained high monetary rate.<\/p>\n
According to him, the reasons given by the central bank for the recent high monetary policy are not convincing.<\/p>\n
On March 25, 2024, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana decided to maintain the policy rate at 29%, citing persisting upside risks to inflation.<\/p>\n
Reacting to this, Togbe Afede maintained that the country\u2019s inability to achieve and maintain low inflation is due to supply-side, rather than demand-side factors.<\/p>\n
\u201cBOG\u2019s \u2018mopping up excess liquidity\u2019 explanation for its high monetary policy rate is not convincing. \u2018Excess liquidity\u2019 presumes a certain optimal liquidity that has still not been defined. Secondly, supply-side rather than demand-side factors are at the root of our inability to achieve sustained low inflation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThirdly, it is difficult to persuade people to save when they are struggling to make ends meet,\u201d Togbe Afede explained.<\/p>\n
Togbe Afede, who once served as a board member of the Central Bank of Ghana, from 2003 to 2013, also questioned why the International Monetary Fund (IMF) insisted on these high-interest rates that have not worked for Ghana in close to two decades.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is surprising, therefore, that the IMF insists on these high-interest rates that have not worked for us, the reason why we are engaging them for the seventeenth (17th) time!\u201d he pointed out in a statement.<\/p>\n
EAN\/AE<\/p>\n
Source:\u00a0<\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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