GNCCI BUSINESS BRIEF (20 - 24 May, 2019)

Economy

• Banking sector reforms fortified economy
• April producer inflation steadies at 7.1%

Sectoral

• Gov’t will engage private sector to drive technological dev’t
• Banks prefer lending to foreign firms over local ones
• Gov’t cuts sod for avocado processing factory
• Builsa South to get rice processing factory
• Ghana suspends export of 3 vegetables

Trade & Investment

• GNCCI launches third edition of Chamber Business Awards

Policy

• Ghana-IMF relations - Time for regular health checks of the economy  
  

International

• China-US trade friction can be resolved through mutual respect
• Ghanaian business emerges top 3 start-ups at Oxford University Africa Innovation Fair
• UN lowers economic growth forecasts amid high trade tensions, policy uncertainty

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