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Wampah baits inflation with cedi magic

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  • tht lonhave yue crusader.the only. 8 years ago

    Hold your guns and dont boast krachi.Buggers are vomming home with their yearl or txo savings anstea of praising them what are talking folk think ? How much do diasporans pump into the system pet annum? And how much do they ...
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  • Baah 8 years ago

    With all this good fortune with the Cedi appreciation, when will this translate into price decreases on goods for the ordinary Ghanaian. Should this not be the end objective. All to often the only gainers are these thieving ...
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  • Concerned 8 years ago

    I suspect bog printed far too much money and that is what came back to bite us. Putting dollars into the system is having the effect of absorbing the excess liquidity in the system. If the government doesn't permanently keep ...
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  • JOE 8 years ago

    Henry Kofi Wampah is talking Bullshit.

  • Douglas. Bristol-UK' 8 years ago

    This is not a sustainable policy and it wont work.

  • tht lonhave yue crusader.the only. 8 years ago

    Akromfo aban Nyamee ahu mo enti ebesi ghana yie

  • SAMITU ROSE 8 years ago

    NDC CANT CREATE LOOT SHARE AND WEEP WHEN CAUGHT ONLY TO TURN AROUND AND PRAY DAILY IN THE FLAGSTAFF HOUSE FOR MIRACLES AND GOD'S WONDERS TO HELP GHANA.....NEVER NEVER NEVER, NDC ARE SO FULL OF THIEVES WHOSE ONLY AIM IS TI EXP ...
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  • baby luv 8 years ago

    The words of our mouths are very powerful so why don't we start talking positively into our situations
    God bless us and mother Ghana

  • SAMITU ROSE 8 years ago

    NDC IS DELIBERATELY DESTROYING GHANA AND THINK GOD WILL PLAY ALONG.....NEVER NEVER NEVER......LISTEN TO THE SHEER WASTE OF PUBLIC FUNDS FOR SMALL JOBS DONE AND U WILL REALLY APPRECIATE THE EVILNESS OF THE NDC WHO THINK HAVING ...
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  • Ben 8 years ago

    Lovely brother some people just don't want to hear any good of this country just because of politics

  • Concerned Citizen 8 years ago

    My brother, a wise man will not count his chickens before they hatch.
    Give this thing some time. Magic has never been known to sustain man's needs.

  • Uncle Al. 8 years ago

    Your knees are beginning to wobble now that things are taking shape for the better, it is going to get much better and you doomsayers will keep your mouths shut once and for all.

  • SAMITU ROSE 8 years ago

    THINGS ARE BEGINNING TO TAKE SHAPE?......WE ALL LOVE GHANA BUT IT DOESNT MEAN WE SHDNT CALL THIEVES BY THEIR RIGHT NAMES WHEN THEY CREATE LOOT SHARE AND WEEP WHEN WE CATCH THEM.....UR NDC ARE THIEVES AND WORSE OF ALL, THEY AR ...
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  • Togbe Fiti 8 years ago

    This voodoo wampanomics will fall flat and land the country in a crisis come January 2016. Once the Nigerians invade the country to buy the cheap dollars on the market we will be back to square one. Trust me.

  • jayjay,Johannesburg 8 years ago

    so which one do you want?depreciation or appreciation of the cedi?.why do we have the habit of negatively commenting on anything in ghana.if the cedi is depreciating against the dollar,u insult the government if it is appreci ...
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  • Francis C. Quainoo 8 years ago

    jayjay, of Johannesburg; I fully agree with your expressed sentiments of our Ghanaian Politics which has always been bordered between the two major Parties, being NPP or NDC(COCAINDC).

    I know for a fact that even "keeping ...
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  • Ben 8 years ago

    Brother, dead on, some people can not see any good under ndc, but the country is much bigger than politics. Good job Wampa

  • Bobo 8 years ago

    You are right and if that happened we in big trouble. You can't even get dolled on the black market

  • Kate 8 years ago

    Ok I hear you but what will the Nigerians use to buy the cheap Dollars on the market? Gh Cedis or Naira?

  • Kofi 8 years ago

    Hmmm, I wonder how many of the journalist at the press conference really grabbed the import of what the governor said. At least from reading this report, it is clearly evident that the writer didn't because of too much econo ...
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  • WARD GDX - WE THE PEOPLE 8 years ago

    These crooks and fools are running the country like a poncy scheme.


    You borrow money to shore up the always fleeting cedi and you think this some magic bullet to revive a paralyzed economy.


    It is amazing how thes ...
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  • Douglas. Bristol-UK' 8 years ago

    You can't trust NDC on the economy

  • JATO KWASHIVI RAWLINGS 8 years ago

    KOFI WAMPAH IS A PHD HOLDER, ONLY IN NAME. HE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT RUNNING A CENTRAL BANK IS ALL ABOUT. HE IS JUST WORKING BY TRY AND ERROR. HE CANNOT HACK IT. THE CEDI HOLDS STEADY FOR A FEW SECONDS AND HE IS HAVING A BANQUET ...
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  • Y B 8 years ago

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  • Emma 8 years ago

    LETS ADDRESS THIS BEFORE IT GETS TOO LATE, THE INDIANS AND THE CHINNESE ARE JUST BUYING ALL THE DOLLARS FROM THE BANKS,,,,

  • NO MESSING ABOUT 8 years ago

    This Wampah thinks all Ghanaians are idiotic fulls like the NDC ; have you got the 'trick' christmas and elections are round the corner and therefore the aim is to fix the power problems as quickly as possible and use our lit ...
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  • CONCERNED CITIZEN 8 years ago

    WHEN ATTA-MILLS OPENED THE FPSO OIL SUPPLY VALVE MARKING GHANA'S ENTRY INTO THE GLOBAL OIL SUPPLY BUSINESS, LITTLE DID GHANAIANS FATHOM THAT IMF LOANS WILL AGAIN BE STARING AT US RIGHT IN THE FACE.

    ABOUT FIVE TO SIX YEARS ...
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  • MTN 8 years ago

    instead of addressing the real issue responsible for the cedi depreciation, they're pumping in more dollars to meet the demand. how long can you keep to doing this, this is absolutely very poor economic management. the real i ...
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  • max 8 years ago

    A LETTER TO MY FELLOW FLOATING VOTER

    Dear brethren,

    Every political party has tagged and considered us as the final decider in every election. Yes,that's exactly the point because we've always voted based on factors or ...
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  • NICHOLAS 8 years ago

    You can't fool anyone by pretending you are a floating voter. Both NDC and NPP are not better alternatives to solve the problems of the average Ghanaian.

    I am playing for the NPP to come back to power but it would be only ...
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  • johnson 8 years ago

    Ghanaians must be alive in the short run Then we can think about medium term snd then long run. Lets keep working hard and praising God and staying united and confess good things.

  • Eshun 8 years ago

    What should you expect from useless fool in npp? Mboa! Mbonkyi.... M33! They want the failure of the government for that 'wee' and cocaine group to takeover.... Goats who dont want to enjoy can go to Sahara desert.

  • Citizen 8 years ago

    Cheap political financial gimmicks that will destroy the Ghanaian currency soon.

  • Abdul-Rahaman Abdullah 8 years ago

    That's a good point there made by the governor I think this time round they have found the antidote to greatest problem in our country economic.we hope it would be maintained for better of our country

  • Sincerity 8 years ago

    It is falacy to tell GHANAIANS that there is magic in economics. You can not say this to Germans or Americans. Only in Ghana. The world is ruled by numbers [figures] Come out with figures to support your MAGIC

  • Uncle Al. 8 years ago

    Idiot, he just use the word 'magic' figuratively to express his point. Learn the English language by reading more books

  • Eric Kweku Hinson 8 years ago

    Please is a warming to government. Please and please, put in place checks and balances in make sure the money (dollars) are used for the porpose it is meant for. I believe to drive the economy. We don't went people to start t ...
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  • Nana Billa 8 years ago

    IF CEDI IS APPRECIATING, NPP MAN WILL COMPLAIN AND IF IT IS DEPRECIATING, THE SAME MAN WILL COMPLAIN. GOD FORGIVE THEM FOR THEY DON'T KNOWN WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

  • Crystal 8 years ago

    This is not true. The cedi is stabilizing because of IMF INTERVENTION if Wampah knew how to stabilize the cedi why did he wait all these years for the country to go to HIPC. let's give credit to who deserves credit, all the ...
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  • ohene 8 years ago

    Don't use the cocobod loan for your explanation ooo.it should be use for the cocoa purchase.pls don't use it for ur campaign too.we know you ppl.opuni the culprit

  • Kanawu an Oxford Economist 8 years ago

    There is neither "Currency Magic" nor "Cedi Magic" Wampah is dreaming. Simple economics:-laissez-faire-economics - One of the guiding principles of capitalism, this doctrine claims that an economic system should be free from ...
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  • Kanawu an Oxford Economist 8 years ago

    Correction

  • Love 8 years ago

    These are elementary stuff. Exactly what Wampah is doing. Do you remember the same Wampahs pronouncements a few months ago on foreign currency holding accounts that almost collapsed the economy completely and he had to revers ...
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  • JJ 8 years ago

    Wampah's one is controlling or Fixing cedi but the man is suggesting free movement. Confused????

  • Harvard Economist 8 years ago

    Mahama must get a banking expert not of Wampah - Amissah-Arthur calibre

  • richard 8 years ago

    We must begin to pay serious attention to technology to promote value-added export to ensure effective competition for currency appreciation.Ghana should now be the world leading producer of chocolate as we have the beans a ...
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  • Yaw 8 years ago

    ahahaha.... very funny the way we see things...

    so u see this currency roller coaster a cedi magic? This is not what the central bank does. There was very little assessment of the impact of the the cedi depreciation on bu ...
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  • Nii Anyetei Blofobii 8 years ago

    The changes in the Cedi relative to the dollar has nothing to do with Ghana. Rather, the change is the result of using the quarterly IMF money to shore up the cedi. It had not affected prices because it is not economic growth ...
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  • nana 8 years ago

    We thank wampah for giving to Ghanaians an expensive currency like the dollar at a cheap price...... What is this gonna cost the cedi??? Hmmm

  • k. k. kusi 8 years ago

    Hey! Mr. Wampah. Based on the little that I know from GCE o level economics a currency can only appreciate when other countries need more and more of that currency to buy goods and services from the country in question. Which ...
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  • k. k. kusi 8 years ago

    Foolish man, Wampah do you know the meaning of bait. Bait is something use to lure. And lure is something used to tempt a person or animal to do something. There it is obvious that National Destruction Criminal ( NDC) is usin ...
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  • k. k. kusi 8 years ago

    Foolish man, Wampah do you know the meaning of bait. Bait is something use to lure. And lure is something used to tempt a person or animal to do something. Therefore it is obvious that National Destruction Criminal ( NDC) is ...
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  • k. k. kusi 8 years ago

    continue to use the bailout as bait. Don't forget that money is not free. We have to pay it back. And mind you , you can use it as bait, but you can pay it with bait. A word to the wise is enough. But education to a fool is i ...
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