October 4, 2018/Punch Feyisayo Popoola with agency report The World Bank has cut its economic growth forecast for Nigeria and other sub-Saharan Africa countries for this year to 2.7 per cent from an earlier forecast of 3.1 per cent. The bank said on Wednesday that the cut was mainly because […]
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‘Steer, Don’t Drift’: Managing Rising Risks to Keep the Global Economy on Course
October 1, 2018/IMF Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, IMF As prepared for delivery Honored guests, ladies and gentlemen—good morning and welcome. Our event today is the penultimate leg of what we call our “Voyage to Indonesia”—the final leg being our Annual Meetings to be held next week in Bali. This is […]
FSB and IMF publish the 2018 Progress Report on G20 Data Gaps Initiative
September 25, 2018/IMF The Financial Stability Board (FSB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) today published the third progress report on the implementation of the second phase of the G20 Data Gaps Initiative (DGI-2). The report updates on the work undertaken since September 2017 to advance implementation of the twenty recommendations […]
