Ghana's inflation rises for third straight month as services costs soar

Ghana’s year-on-year inflation edged up to 5.5 per cent in October 2026, from 5.2 per cent in September, according to the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) bulletin released by the Ghana Statistical Service. The October rate, which is 2.5 percentage points lower than the 8.0 per cent recorded in October 2025, was driven primarily by a sharp increase in non-food…