Audio By Carbonatix
The year-on-year producer price inflation (PPI) for all goods and services was 1.9% in December 2025.
This was 0.6 percentage points higher than the November 2025 producer inflation rate, but 24.2 percentage points lower than the December 2024 producer inflation rate.
On a month-on-month (MoM) basis, the rate between November and December 2025 was -0.8%. Thus, on average, producers' prices for goods and services decreased by 0.8% in December compared to November 2025.
According to data from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), Mining and Quarrying, the largest sector with a weight of 43.7%, recorded a 1.0 percentage point increase in producer inflation. This was from 2.3% in November 2025 to 3.3% in December 2025.
On the other hand, the Manufacturing sector which makes up 35% of the PPI weights, decreased from 0.5% in November 2025 to 0.1% December 2025, losing 0.4 percentage points.
Also, the producer inflation in the transport and storage sub-sector continued to fall, declining from -10.2% in November 2025 to -3.7% in December 2025.
Recommendation
The GSS urged household and consumers to practice value-based and price-conscious spending, using PPI trends to guide purchasing decisions.
It also advice them to adjust consumption choices toward more stable-priced goods and services to protect real incomes.
For businesses, the GSS called for improve cost efficiency and productivity to sustain operations amid mixed sectoral price pressures.
It also wants them to re-invest savings from lower input costs such as manufacturing into technology, skills, and supply-chain resilience.
Regarding government, it called for reduction in structural production costs by strengthening energy supply, transport infrastructure, and logistics systems.
Latest Stories
-
TTAG raises alarm over proposed recruitment of 7,000 teachers, demands national posting roadmap
8 minutes -
Civilians feared killed after reports of air strike on Nigerian market
18 minutes -
Bishop Simon Kofi Appiah installed as new Jasikan Diocese Bishop
19 minutes -
Trump’s Strait of Hormuz blockade threat raises risks and leaves predicaments unchanged
21 minutes -
US Court backs extradiction of former MASLOC CEO Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu’s to Ghana
40 minutes -
Seven arrested as NAIMOS dismantles illegal mining camp, seizes firearms at Boin River
42 minutes -
Fire erupts at Madina Ritz Junction, destroys multiple wooden structures and containers
56 minutes -
Daniel-Kofi Kyereh returns from long-term injury, registers assist for Freiburg U23
1 hour -
Knifeman calling himself ‘Lucifer’ slashes three at NYC’s Grand Central
1 hour -
Brands are built from within to without Â
1 hour -
Matriculants urged to pursue excellence as gov’t reaffirms support for Maritime education
1 hour -
See the areas that will be affected by ECG’s planned maintenance on Monday, April 13, 2026
2 hours -
GPL 2025/26: Salim Adams double fires Medeama back to summit after Kotoko rout
2 hours -
Two robbery suspects convicted following violent gold dealer attack in Obuasi
2 hours -
Supreme Court @150: Fanfare meets reflection as nationwide activities roll out
2 hours