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Ghana Dec consumer inflation rises to 17.7 pct yr/yr: stats office

A man trades U.S. dollars for Ghanaian cedis at a currency exchange office in Accra, Ghana, June 15, 2015. Picture taken June 15. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko

ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana's annual consumer price inflation rose marginally to 17.7 percent in December from 17.6 percent the month before, the statistics office said on Wednesday. The West African nation is implementing a three-year aid programme with the International Monetary Fund in an attempt to restore macro-economic balance in the face of problems including inflation persistently above government targets. (Reporting by Kwasi Kpodo; Editing by Matthew Mpoke Bigg)