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Bright Simons

Date of Birth: November 1981


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Accra jumps through more debt hoops

Bright Simons of the Imani think tank in Accra who last year predicted that T-bill reliance could push domestic borrowing costs to over 30% a year now says that rather than relying on 91-day 182-day and 364-day T-bills the government is now selling T-bills of much shorter maturity to favoured dealers rather than in official auctions at double-digit monthly costs (AC Vol 64 No 25 Questions on electioneering budget)...


The gold rush that poisons politics

But as Bright Simons of the IMANI thinktank recounts ‘the control room equipment and surveillance software were never fully deployed...


Cash flows in but debt talks drag on

Bright Simons of the IMANI Centre for Policy and Education in Accra questions whether the stakes acquired by the minerals income investment fund could be diluted in the future...


The economy will tilt the election

Bright Simons of IMANI an Accra-based think tank reckons that Bawumia and the NPP still have a path to a presidential win if the NDC cannot get its own 'Akan heartland' strategy...


Questions on electioneering budget

Bright Simons of the IMANI Centre for Policy and Education in Accra says this reliance on T-bills in effect inflicts a borrowing cost on the government in excess of 30% a year and could during 2024 reverse this year's reduction in its domestic debt service payments...

Bright Simons of the IMANI Centre for Policy and Education in Accra argues that the BoG's significant loss in credibility has already undermined its monetary policy including its ability to conduct open market operations...


Governor in the firing line

Bright Simons Vice-President of the IMANI Africa think-tank argues that 'of these four reasons only the last [interest expense on monetary policy operations] can be adduced to support the BoG's innocence but it accounts for only 6% of the losses...


The ruling party could benefit from its IMF U-turn

Because it may stop the drift to hyperinflation and help stabilise the cedi (which is currently the fastest appreciating emerging market currency according to Bloomberg News) the IMF deal could give the NPP a fighting chance in the 2024 elections says Bright Simons of the Accra-based IMANI Centre for Policy and Education...


Deeper reforms needed after the bailout

Bright Simons of the IMANI Centre for Policy and Education in Accra argues that while the gold purchase programme should in theory represent a boon for small-scale gold miners 'gold-for-oil' effectively amounts to purchasing dollars (for oil product imports) at a more expensive rate...


Banks count the cost of debt restructuring

Bright Simons of the IMANI centre think tank in Accra argues that unlike troubled banks in the United States and Europe Ghana's banks are unlikely to face a swift withdrawal of deposits and a collapse of lending...


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