created a false impression that the exchange rate data has remained fixed<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> over the last three months.<\/p>\nHe said, \u201cA simple look at the the interbank market exchange rates indicates that the cedi has not only been depreciating daily, but is currently trading between GHC3.7 and GHC 4.1 per dollar with an average of some GHC3.8 per US dollar.\u201d<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”q4E20obPAsm4phzFQO7OkJrM1q1edC9A”]Responding to the allegations at a press conference after the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on Wednesday, Governor Dr. Henry Kofi Wampah blamed the current situation on various factors.<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cwe believe the rates in the market are also affected significantly by speculative activities, which is thriving on the shortage of forex in the market. So those who have the forex try to play market by asking for the highest rates and the ones who to buy because of desperation also tell their banks to buy at any rate, so you see that gap.\u201d<\/p>\n
He further explained how the exchange rate is determined saying, “the way we determine the exchange rate now, we have a Reuters platform and the rates on the ,which the banks trade among themselves, including the Bank of Ghana, is averaged, and that is what give you the interbank rate which we(BoG) report. But because of lack of liquidity in the system, until recently, there was no trade at all on the interbank market. So what the banks were doing was just trading with their customers, buy from one customer and to the other.”<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd this gives us a narrow area to determine what will be the reference rate in the interbank market,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile after assessing the health of Ghana\u2019s economy, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana has maintained the policy rate at 19%.<\/p>\n
This was after assessing both domestic and external factors that have direct impact on Ghana\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n
On the domestic front, Governor of the Bank of Ghana Dr. Henry Kofi Wampah said there is some stability in the foreign exchange market because of the central bank\u2019s last policy review.<\/p>\n
He however said \u201cexchange rate volatility and fiscal pressures continue to pose challenges to the economy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Externally, cocoa prices have recovered a situation which the Governor described as \u201cpositive development for the external sector going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
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