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BoG Maintains Policy Rate At 14.5%

by John Kekeli
November 25, 2020
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The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has maintained the policy rate at 14.5 per cent.

The policy rate is the rate at which the central bank lends to commercial banks for onward lending to their customers.

BoG Governor Dr Ernest Addison said the Committee noted that global GDP growth rebounded in the third quarter of 2020 after the “sharp fall in the second quarter, but is expected to slow down in the last quarter as rising COVID-19 cases moderate the recovery process”.

He stated this at Monetary Committee Policy Meeting on Monday.

The supportive global monetary policy stance, he said, together with fiscal stimulus packages, is likely to persist over the medium-term to support the growth recovery process. Consequently, global financing conditions are expected to remain favourable in the near-term.

On the Ghanaian economy, Dr Addison said evidence from high frequency indicators – the CIEA outturn for October 2020, improved consumer and business confidence, and strong liquidity flows – have helped to deliver a faster than expected recovery in economic activity.

These flows include payments to contractors, Specialised Deposit-taking Institutions (SDI) depositors, clients of SEC-licensed fund managers, micro and small business loans provided by government through the National Board for Small-Scale Industries, and the policy and regulatory reliefs to banks and SDIs.

Based on these observations, the bank indicated that the growth will perform better than earlier projected.

“The Committee noted that performance of the banking sector remains strong.

“The sector recorded strong growth in deposits and investments and solvency indicators were significantly higher than regulatory thresholds. Pandemic tail risks, that is, pandemic-related impact on non-performing loans, would require continuous supervisory vigilance”.

On budget implementation, the Committee noted that the expansionary fiscal stance to address the COVID-19 pandemic has also led to deviation from the path of fiscal consolidation.

Dr Addison said looking ahead to 2021, a decisive fiscal correction plan will be needed to contain fiscal risks in the medium-term.

The Committee noted that inflation has eased following the spike to 11.4 per cent.

At 10.1 per cent for October 2020, inflation is almost at the upper band target.

Dr Addison said the fiscal and monetary policy measures, which have increased liquidity in the economy, appear not to be impacting inflation, partly due to the existence of the output gap.

“As a result, the Committee expects these conditions to support inflation to return to its central path by the second quarter of 2021”.

The Committee noted that macroeconomic conditions have generally improved relative to conditions at the time of the last MPC meeting in September 2020.

It added that global conditions continue to be supportive, domestic inflation is easing, growth prospects are improving, crude oil prices have stabilised, monetary aggregates have expanded but with minimal impact on inflation, the current account deficit is stable, remittances inflow has remained firm, the exchange rate has been stable and reserve buffers continue to remain strong.

The key risks are the evolution of the budget deficit and the financing needs to support budget implementation and the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic.

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