COPEC’s Fuel Forecasts Keep Missing Actual Pump Prices. Here Is Why It Matters.

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/copecs-fuel-forecasts-keep-missing-actual-pump-prices-here-is-why-it-matters/Every two weeks, the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) issues a fuel price forecast that lands in every Ghanaian newsroom and gets republished almost verbatim. For the first pricing window of March 2026, COPEC projected petrol would sell between GH¢11.80 and GH¢13.00 per litre, and diesel between GH¢12.73 and GH¢14.00. There is just one problem: […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/copecs-fuel-forecasts-keep-missing-actual-pump-prices-here-is-why-it-matters/


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