General News of Wednesday, 20 March 2019Source: Myjoyonline.comAto Forson’s 5 questions for Bawumiaplay videoMinority Spokesperson on Finance, Casiel Ato ForsonMinority Spokesperson on Finance, Casiel Ato Forson is the latest to wade into tasking the Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to answer questions about the economy. Prior to his unfortunate demise, former Veep Paa Kwesi Amissah Arthur had asked his successor, to answer the questions he posed to him while in office. Below are the questions the Minority spokesperson on Finance seeks answers to. Question 2: Why would an independent central bank, with a focus on price stability, decide to lower the policy rate in the face of dwindling net international reserves and a rising interest rate abroad? How can a rapid exchange rate depreciation be accompanied with a single digit inflation rate as captured by the posted macroeconomic indicators?

Source: GhanaWeb March 20, 2019 14:48 UTC