(Credit: SolStockiStock by Getty Images) September 25, 2025/IMFBlog By Era Dabla-Norris, Raphael Lam, Francisco Roch Countries have increasingly adopted fiscal rules and frameworks that aim to give clarity and predictability to government spending. But these rules have not been as effective in keeping deficits and debt within their intended limits. […]
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Afreximbank, International Trade Centre Renew Partnership for Intra-African Trade
The renewed MoU would help to expand Africa’s creative industries, deepen South-South cooperation with the Caribbean, and strengthen AfCFTA’s private sector impact September 25, 2025/Afreximbank The African Export-Import Bank and the International Trade Centre (ITC) have renewed and expanded their memorandum of understanding (MoU), underscoring their commitment to strengthening intra-African […]
MPC Lowers Benchmark Policy Rate by 50bps to 27.0%
September 24, 2025/CSL Research In line with our expectations, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) decided to ease the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) by 50 basis points (bps) to 27.0%. MPC prioritises liquidity management and credit expansion with measures including a narrower asymmetric corridor, […]

