Ghana Cuts Rates by Most on Record as Inflation Subsides
The monetary policy committee cut the key rate to 25% from 28%, Governor Johnson Asiama told reporters on Wednesday in the capital, Accra. That matched the median estimate of nine economists in a Bloomberg survey. This is the second MPC meeting this month, an emergency gathering called almost two weeks ago opted to delay publicizing any policy decision until this one was held.
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