Ghana's consumer inflation rises to 19.0 pct in Jan

Reuters

Wed, Feb 10, 2016, 6:03 AM

ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana's annual consumer price inflation rose to 19.0 percent in January from 17.7 percent the month before, the statistics office said on Wednesday. The West African nation is implementing a three-year aid programme with the International Monetary Fund in an attempt to restore macro-economic balance in the face of problems including inflation persistently above government targets. (Reporting by Kwasi Kpodo; Editing by Matthew Mpoke Bigg)

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