Central Banks
Ghana Cuts Key Rate to 2022 Low as Inflation Seen in Target
Shoppers at the Okaishie outdoor market in Accra, Ghana.
Photographer: Ernest Ankomah/BloombergGhana’s central bank cut borrowing costs to the lowest level in four years after inflation slipped below the 6% floor of its target range.
The monetary policy committee voted by a majority decision to reduce the key rate to 15.5% from 18%, Governor Johnson Asiama told reporters on Wednesday in the capital, Accra. That matched the median estimate of four economists in a Bloomberg survey.