Players in the banking industry say they expect the Bank of Ghana to maintain or reduce its policy rate.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”oWc4NGUJVDZpMzYj1CXExT3Pa4Twff99″]The Governor of Bank of Ghana, Dr Henry Kofi Wampah will today announce whether or not it will maintain or increase the policy rate.<\/p>\n
The Bank of Ghana in its first monetary policy committee meeting for this year maintained the policy rate at 26% citing reduced trends in prices and inflation.<\/p>\n
The policy rate is the rate at which the central bank lends to banks and is also used by the banks to calculate their base rates.<\/p>\n
MD of Capitl bank FitzGerald Odonkor says he expects that what will be announced will be a reflection of the current state of the market.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe policy rate will be a reflection of developments in the market and the market is generally stabilizing so we expect that whatever will be decided on will be a reflection of the current state of the market and then the expectation we or the central bank has on the condition of the economy.\u201d He said.<\/p>\n
Mr. Odonkor’s comment follows an earlier\u00a0one made by Economist, Dr. Ebo Turkson who urged the MPC to reduce its policy rate.<\/p>\n
According to him,\u00a0the current inflationary trends and stable currency should be reasons for the MPC to reduce the policy rate.<\/p>\n
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By: Jessica Ayorkor Aryee\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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