Monetary Policy Rate

Bank of Ghana Surprisingly Increases Benchmark Interest Rate Against Analysts’ Expectation

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Bank of Ghana Surprisingly Increases Benchmark Interest Rate Against Analysts’ Expectation

Accra, Ghana, Capital Markets in Africa — The Bank of Ghana (BOG) increased the policy rate by 1 percent to 25 percent, Governor Kofi Wampah told reporters in the capital, Accra after the 66th regular meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank.  In August, the BOG merged the policy rate and reverse repo rate at 24 percent. The policy rate was previously 22 percent. The Central Bank said at the time the adjustment didn’t…

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Reserve Bank of Malawi Keeps Policy Rate at 25% as Inflation Ease in April

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Reserve Bank of Malawi Keeps Policy Rate at 25% as Inflation Ease in April

LILONGWE, Malawi, Capital Markets in Africa — Reserve Bank of Malawi Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) met on 29 April 2015 to review recent global and domestic economic developments, and decided to maintain the Policy Rate at 25 percent and Liquidity Reserve Requirement (LRR) at 15.5 percent. The Malawi real GDP growth is estimated at 5.4 percent in 2015 from the previous projection of 5.8 percent. The downward revision has been necessitated by a contraction in…

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