The year-on-year (YoY) producer price inflation (PPI) for all goods and services stood at 1.4% in February 2026. Therefore, on average, the ex-factory price of goods and services increased by 1.4% between February 2025 and February 2026. This rate is…
The Bank of Ghana’s confidence surveys conducted in February 2026 reflected positive consumer and business sentiments. According to the Central Bank, consumer confidence improved on account of easing inflationary pressures and optimism about future economic conditions. Similarly, business confidence strengthened…
Despite improvement in asset quality, the Bank of Ghana says the Non-Performing Loan (NPL) ratio remains a key risk to the banking sector. The NPL ratio declined to 18.7% in February 2026 from 22.6% a year earlier. This was driven…
Music giant Sony Music says it has requested the removal of more than 135,000 songs by fraudsters impersonating its artists on streaming services. The so-called deepfakes were created using generative AI, and targeted some of the company’s biggest acts, who…
The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama, has assured that Ghana will be able to avoid excessive volatility of the cedi despite rising global uncertainties linked to the Middle East crisis. According to him, although escalating…
Captain Bernardo Silva’s first-half red card proved critical as Vinicius Junior’s double helped perennial winners Real Madrid heap more Champions League misery on Manchester City by knocking Pep Guardiola’s side out of the competition for the third consecutive season. City…
Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has warned that Ghana’s public sector wage bill for 2025 has exceeded the recommended threshold set by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), raising concerns over fiscal sustainability. Speaking during a dialogue…
Brentford striker Igor Thiago and Bournemouth winger Rayan have received first call-ups to the Brazil squad for their friendlies with France and Croatia later this month. Thiago is the second-highest scorer in the Premier League season with 19, trailing only…
Chelsea suffered their joint-heaviest defeat in a two‑legged European tie, losing 8-2 on aggregate and 3-0 on the night to European champions Paris St‑Germain at Stamford Bridge. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia opened the scoring after just six minutes, with Bradley Barcola doubling…
Brighton should have been awarded a penalty in their 1-0 loss at home to Arsenal on 4 March, the Premier League’s Key Match Incidents (KMI) Panel has said. It is the second time this season Arsenal have wrongly escaped a VAR penalty in a game they have won by…