28
Mar
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) Governor, Dr. Ernest Addsion, has announced a reversal of the cash reserve ratio on local currency deposits for banks, raising it from 12 percent to 14 percent effective April 13 as part of measures aimed at addressing the mopping-up of excess liquidity in the market, The banking industry regulator had in December announced a drop in the ratio to 12 percent, as part of a raft of measures aimed at cushioning banks participating in the domestic debt exchange programme (DDEP). The BoG had, after an emergency meeting in September, decided to gradually increase the primary reserve requirement…