Ghana\u2019s headline inflation eased further to 11.5% in August 2025, down from 12.1% in July, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has reported.<\/p>\n
This marks the eighth consecutive month of decline and brings inflation below the government\u2019s end-of-year target of 11.9%, signaling stronger price stability.<\/p>\n
The August figure is the lowest recorded in almost four years. Month-on-month, overall prices actually fell by 1.3%, offering households some respite from prolonged cost-of-living pressures.<\/p>\n
Dr Alhassan Iddrisu, the government statistician, in his address on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, noted that food inflation slowed to 14.8% in August from 15.1% in July, with food prices dropping by 2.5% within the month. Non-food inflation also moderated to 8.7%, compared to 9.5 % in July, with prices falling slightly by 0.1%.<\/p>\n
Inflation for goods declined to 13.9% from 14.2% in July, with overall prices of goods falling by 1.6%.<\/p>\n
Imported inflation eased faster than local inflation, supported by a stronger Cedi and lower global cost pressures.<\/p>\n
Despite the national decline, inflation varied sharply across regions due to differences in supply, transportation costs, and local economic dynamics.<\/p>\n
Analysts warn that these disparities must be closely monitored to ensure no part of the country is left behind in the disinflation process.<\/p>\n
The latest figures are expected to boost confidence in the government\u2019s economic management, even as concerns persist about growth momentum and job creation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ghana\u2019s headline inflation eased further to 11.5% in August 2025, down from 12.1% in July, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has reported. This marks the eighth consecutive month of decline and brings inflation below the government\u2019s end-of-year target of 11.9%, signaling stronger price stability. The August figure is the lowest recorded in almost four years. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":13011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3525,41],"tags":[3759,2898],"class_list":["post-13010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-economy","category-general-news","tag-ghana-news","tag-inflation-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13012,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13010\/revisions\/13012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}