It therefore raised by 100 basis points its benchmark policy rate to 25 percent from the previous 24 percent, making it the highest since March 2003 when the policy rate hit 27.5 percent. Announcing the decision, Governor Henry Kofi Wampah said inflation pressures had persisted since the beginning of the year due to uncertainties in
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