By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Mariano Rajoy, the Prime Minister of Spain Monday visited the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington D.C. to meet and share views with Christine Lagarde, Managing Director (MD) of the Fund on recent economic developments in Europe and Spain. Ángela Gaviria, IMF’s […]
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Global stocks rise, dollar falls as Fed rate path reassessed
World stocks rose towards a six-year high on Monday and the dollar and bond yields slipped as last week’s weak U.S. jobs data strengthened the case for the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates low for longer. Emerging markets were one of the biggest beneficiaries, having previously been under pressure […]
Sanusi’s successor: President considers S’West candidates
Amid intense lobbying by candidates hoping to succeed the incumbent Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, indications have emerged that President Goodluck Jonathan is looking towards the South-West for the plum job. Sanusi’s five-year single term tenure expires in June and he has consistently said he […]
