{"id":269525,"date":"2026-02-05T20:33:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T20:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/269525\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T20:33:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T20:33:21","slug":"3-8-inflation-reflects-stable-economy-figures-not-cooked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/269525\/","title":{"rendered":"3.8% inflation reflects stable economy, figures not cooked"},"content":{"rendered":"

National Coordinator of the District Road Improvement Programme, Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, has challenged critics of Ghana\u2019s declining inflation rate to back their claims with concrete facts and figures if they dispute the reported 3.8 per cent figure.<\/p>\n

He argued that the current inflation level reflects a stable and disciplined economy, pointing to the positive impact of government policies aimed at restoring macroeconomic stability.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Channel One TV\u2019s Breakfast Daily on Thursday, February 5, Mr Vanderpuye dismissed allegations that the inflation figures were manipulated, urging critics to acknowledge the government\u2019s efforts instead of dismissing the data outright.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose who are saying it is not true and that the figures do not match were in government for eight years, yet nothing was done. How can you even dream of people cooking figures? It is impossible because you will be exposed.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI wish they would not just make those statements and let them go. They should come out with facts and figures to contradict what is on the market and what is in the public domain so that we can all talk over it,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

Ghana\u2019s disinflationary trend deepened in January 2026, with headline inflation easing to 3.8 per cent, the lowest level recorded in nearly 27 years.<\/p>\n

For perspective, inflation stood at 1.4 per cent in August 1999 and rose to 4.4 per cent in September 1999, underscoring how rare such low inflation levels are in Ghana\u2019s recent economic history.<\/p>\n

Fuseini Issah: 3.8% inflation figure must be interrogated<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"National Coordinator of the District Road Improvement Programme, Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, has challenged critics of Ghana\u2019s declining inflation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,219,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-269525","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}