{
  "id": 5309330,
  "title": "Inflation Rises To 5%",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/inflation-rises-to-5",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-03T11:06:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Guide Network",
    "slug": "daily-guide-network",
    "url": "https://dailyguidenetwork.com/inflation-rises-to-5/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Inflation in Ghana has risen to 5.0% in August 2026, according to the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS). This marks a reversal of the decline observed in July and raises concerns about persistent price pressures in the domestic economy. The year-on-year inflation rate increased by 0.4 percentage points, from 4.6% in July to 5.0% in August 2026. However, the increase remains significantly lower than the 11.5% recorded in August 2025, representing a 6.5 percentage-point decline over the 12-month period. The rise in inflation is largely driven by non-food items, which recorded an inflation rate of 6.8%, up from 6.1% in July. Food inflation, on the other hand, eased marginally from 3.1% to 3.0%.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}