July 5, 2017/IMF On June 28, 2017, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) discussed a staff paper on “Increasing Resilience to Large and Volatile Capital Flows: the Role of Macroprudential Policies.” Capital flows can bring substantial benefits for countries, but the experience is that large and volatile […]
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World Bank Says Private Sector Infrastructure Investment Commitments in Developing Countries Fell 37% in 2016
By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Click here to download Private Participation in Infrastructure Data Base Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The World Bank on Monday said investment commitments in infrastructure projects with private participation in developing countries which includes Nigeria declined sharply in 2016, falling by 37 percent compared to 2015, according to its latest […]
Fitch: Medium Term Growth Potential Still Below 2% in Advanced Economies
June 30, 2017/Fitch Ratings Fitch Ratings-London-30 June 2017: Recent improvements in the near-term growth outlook for the advanced economies are not expected to be sustained over the medium-term, says Fitch Ratings in a new report. “While we have become more optimistic about advanced country growth prospects in 2017 and 2018, […]
