In an address to the Private Newspapers and Online News Publishers Association of Ghana, the Bank of Ghana set out its 2026 agenda focused on consolidating recent stabilisation gains through tighter market discipline, stronger oversight of payments and digital finance, a more preventive supervisory stance, and more predictable policy communication. The Governor also announced steps to deepen collaboration with journalists and newsroom leaders to support accurate, well-contextualised reporting of market-sensitive economic information. The Bank framed the 2026 focus against a backdrop of lower inflation and improved external buffers, citing inflation falling from 23.8% in December 2024 to 5.4% in December 2025 and gross international reserves rising to over USD 13.9bn (about 5.7 months of import cover). Policy priorities include deepening foreign exchange and money market reforms to support orderly price discovery and disciplined market conduct, backed by firm oversight, reporting mechanisms and enforcement to curb market abuse. Payments and digital finance oversight will emphasise resilience, safeguards, consumer protection, governance and system reliability, while supervision will place greater weight on governance quality, capital and liquidity planning, and early risk identification. Policy communication is intended to provide clear signalling, consistent liquidity management and evidence-based messaging. To operationalise closer media collaboration, the Bank will scale up specialised training for journalists and editors on monetary policy, FX operations, payments oversight and financial stability, including case studies, data interpretation and ethics in market-sensitive reporting. It will also institute a regular Editors’ and Producers’ Forum around upcoming data releases, policy cycles and emerging risks, and launch an annual “Economic and Financial Story of the Year” award, with the winning journalist sponsored to attend the IMF/World Bank Meetings.

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