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Getting Closer: Speech by Governor Waller on the Economic Outlook

July 17, 2024/US Federal Reserve By Governor Christopher J. Waller Thank you, Jeff, and thank you to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City for the opportunity to speak to you today.1 So far, 2024 has been a challenging year for economic forecasters, and for monetary policymakers. After significant progress […]

IMF Says Antoinette Sayeh to Retire as Deputy Managing Director

July 17, 2024/IMF Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), announced today that Deputy Managing Director Antoinette Sayeh intends to conclude her service on September 12, 2024. “Antoinette has been a pillar of the Fund’s leadership team for many years. Her incredible experience, deep integrity, and wise […]

FG Allocates N732bn for Empowerment Projects in 2024 Budget, Higher than Allocations for Health Projects

July 7, 2024/BudgIT Tracka, BudgIT’s service delivery promotion platform, which allows citizens to collaborate, track, and give feedback on public projects in their communities, has discovered N732.5 billion worth of empowerment projects in the 2024 Federal Government Capital and Constituency Projects, an amount higher than the N646.5 billion allocated to […]