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Ghana’s tightening cycle not over yet

The Bank of Ghana kept interest rates on hold at 18.0% today, but rising inflation and a rapidly weakening currency mean that rates are still likely to be hiked again before the end of this year. We expect 200bp of hikes, which would bring the key policy rate to 20.0%.

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