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Ghana: twin deficits to keep monetary policy tight

A failure to sufficiently rein in large budget and current account deficits means that further monetary tightening is still likely in Ghana, despite the Central Bank’s decision to keep interest rates on hold today. We expect 100bp of hikes over the coming months, bringing rates to 17.00% by the end of 2014.

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