Ghana inflation to ease to roughly 9.5 pct in 2015: central bank

ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana expects inflation to ease to 9.5 percent, plus or minus two percentage points, by the second half of 2015 from a four-year high of 15.9 percent recorded in August, central bank governor Henry Kofi Wampah told Reuters on Friday. Inflation would fall as the Bank of Ghana maintains its tight monetary policy stance, aided by government stabilisation efforts and a boost in foreign exchange liquidity, he said. The bank on Wednesday maintained its benchmark interest rate at 19 percent.