Business News of Wednesday, 25 January 2017

Source: REUTERS AFRICA

Ghana producer inflation falls sharply to 4.9 pct in december

producer price inflation fell sharply to 4.9 percent producer price inflation fell sharply to 4.9 percent

Ghana's producer price inflation fell sharply to 4.9 percent year-on-year in December, from 11.9 percent the month before, the statistics office said on Wednesday.

Ghana's new president Nana Akufo-Addo has vowed to create jobs, promote business and fight corruption. The government also inherits a $918 million International Monetary Fund deal that aims to reduce debt, the budget deficit and inflation