s/n

Variable data

Description

Period

Source

1

GDP

The data is published annual I have adjusted it for monthly periods

1998-2017

Ghana Statistical Service

2

Interest rate

data are presented as the same as from source

1998-2017

Bank of Ghana

3

inflation rate

data are presented as the same as from the source

1998-2017

Ghana Statistical Service

4

exchange rate

data are presented as the same as from the source

1998-2017

Bank of Ghana, Ghana Ministry of finance

5

international oil price

adjusted

1998-2017

World Bank

6

FDI

data is in the percentage of Ghana’s GDP

1998-2017

Ghana Investment and promotion cancel

7

Trade Openness

this is calculated as (Export + Import)/GPD

1998-2017

World Bank