September 16, 2025/CBN 1. AKU PAULINE ODINKEMELU I vote to retain the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at 27.50%, the asymmetric corridor around the MPR at +500/-100 basis points, Cash Reserve Ratio of Deposit Money Banks at 45.00% and Merchant Banks at 16%, and the Liquidity Ratio at 30.00%. The […]
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Italy Needs Higher Productivity and More People Working
(Credit: Audrius Venclova/iStock by Getty Images) While the economy has been relatively resilient, the country must offset a declining working-age population and a shortage of highly skilled professionals September 16, 2025/IMFBlog IMF COUNTRY FOCUS Italy’s economy has remained relatively resilient despite global economic uncertainty, and its public finances turned out […]
Nigeria Records Trade Surplus of 7.46 Trillion in Q2 2025
September 16, 2025/CSL Research Nigeria posted a trade surplus of ₦7.46 trillion in the second quarter of 2025, according to the latest Foreign Trade Report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The country’s total merchandise trade stood at ₦38.04 trillion in Q2 2025, marking a 20.05% increase from […]
