{
  "id": 5265623,
  "title": "Ghana inflation rises slightly to 5% in August",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/ghana-inflation-rises-slightly-to-5-in-august",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-03T06:39:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ghana Business News",
    "slug": "ghana-business-news",
    "url": "https://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2026/09/03/ghana-inflation-rises-slightly-to-5-in-august/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ghana's year-on-year inflation rate increased to 5.0 percent in August 2026, a slight rise from 4.6 percent in July 2026, according to Dr Alhassan Iddrisu, the Government Statistician. Despite this slight uptick, the inflation rate remains significantly lower than the 11.5 percent recorded in August 2025, indicating a notable decline over the period. The month-on-month inflation rate was recorded as negative 1.0 percent, suggesting a decrease in average prices compared to the previous month. Food inflation eased marginally to 3.0 percent, while non-food inflation rose to 6.8 percent, with goods inflation at 3.8 percent and services inflation at 8.6 percent.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "BusinessKorea",
        "title": "Consumer Inflation Rebounds to 3.1% in August",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/consumer-inflation-rebounds-to-3-1-in-august",
        "published": "2026-09-03T04:42:29.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}