The Economic and Market Outlook and Strategic Investment Orientation for 2026 published by the Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) is forecasting an increase investment in Artificial Intelligence (AI) by the world’s leading economies and companies. According to the report, this will be spearheaded by major technology companies to support global growth.

The report stated that the intensifying competition for AI supremacy between the U.S and China, along with rivalry among massive Cloud Service Providers to roll out more advanced applications is expected to result in enhanced productivity and increased spending on infrastructure.

This, MIIF said will likely spur global economic growth, a situation Ghana can take advantage of to optimize economic growth to reduce poverty.

It added that economic growth in Ghana is expected to pick up in 2026 aided by increased government spending and lower interest rates.

“Inflation is likely to continue falling early in the year but may rise later as the base effect wanes”.

The report emphasized that gold and silver entered 2026 with strong fundamentals and demand-supply factors and bullish forecasts while oil faces somewhat softer pricing on abundant supply.

It pointed out that Surplus in the global lithium market is expected to narrow as both demand and supply grow.

In other areas, the report predicted that equities are tipped to continue their positive performance as interest rates lower as AI-driven productivity enhancements result in improved corporate earnings.

“Interest rates on short dated Ghanaian Treasuries are likely to drop to circa 10% levels as policy easing continues amid tempered inflationary concerns”, the report said.

Below is the report