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A Cyclical Upswing According to the Fund; Forecasts 2.1% Growth for Nigeria

Culled—Proshare January 23, 2018/FBNQuest Research The IMF’s new Update to its World Economic Outlook has raised its global growth forecast for this year from 3.7% three months ago to 3.9%, and penciled in the same for 2019. That for the US has been lifted from 2.3% to 2.7% for 2018.  […]

WEF: Lagarde Says One Fifth of Emerging Markets, Developing Countries Per Capita Incomes Declined in 2017

January 22, 2018/IMF Opening Remarks for the World Economic Outlook Update Press Conference Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund January 22, 2018 • Welcome and thank you all for coming today. This is the first time that the World Economic Outlook Update has been launched at Davos and I […]

Osinbajo Set for World Economic Forum in Davos

  *Will represent Nigeria at inauguration of Liberia’s President-elect George Weah today January 22, 2018 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, will today attend the inauguration of President-elect of Liberia, George Weah, in Monrovia, Liberia.  Weah won the country’s presidential runoff election on December 26, 2017. From Monrovia, Prof. Osinbajo will […]