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2026 Budget: Key macroeconomic and medium-term targets

On Thursday, November 13, Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson gave Parliament the 2026 Budget Statement and Economic Policy, which outlined a more modest set of macroeconomic goals for the upcoming year and the medium term. With specific goals for 2026–2029, the budget anticipates...

COVID, GETFUND and NHIA levies will be abolished, VAT rates to be reduced – Finance Minister

In the 2025 Mid-Year Budget Review, which was delivered to Parliament yesterday, July 24, 2025, Ghana's Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson announced major tax adjustments. The government intends to eliminate the COVID-19 fee, lower the effective VAT rate, and eliminate the GETFund and NHIA...

Finance Minister Engages Banking Leaders on Economic Stability and Growth

In a crucial meeting with more than 22 bank managing directors on March 20, 2025, Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson discussed the country's economic future. The discussion focused on strengthening budgetary restraint, promoting sustainable growth, and reestablishing macroeconomic stability. This high-level involvement shows...

2025 Budget: Finance Minister manipulated data – Amin Adam

Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, the Karaga Member of Parliament, has accused Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson with falsifying economic data in order to deceive Ghanaians about the status of the economy that the current government inherited. After the 2025 Budget was submitted to...