{"id":45897,"date":"2014-09-09T05:25:40","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T05:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=45897"},"modified":"2014-09-17T15:32:55","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T15:32:55","slug":"i-will-shake-bank-of-ghana-until-kwaku-kwarteng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/i-will-shake-bank-of-ghana-until-kwaku-kwarteng\/","title":{"rendered":"I will shake Bank of Ghana until\u2026 \u2013 Kwaku Kwarteng"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has come under severe attack from economists and some members of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) for manipulating exchange rate figures in the country.<\/p>\n
According to them BoG has been manipulating data on the exchange rate to create the impression that the rates have been fixed over the past few months.<\/p>\n
Although various government spokerspersons including the President\u2019s economic advisor, Dr. Nii Moi Thompson<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> have justified the rates published, the Bank of Ghana has not officially responded.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”28CPJvvJRyjfP6Y5XzJ3fMjf48ujXb3I”]It is based on this backdrop that the Member of Parliament for Obuasi West and a member of Parliament\u2019s Finance Committee, Kwaku Kwarteng has vowed to \u201cshake the Bank of Ghana until it rectifies such irregularity\u201d in its exchange rates.<\/p>\n