January 11, 2022/OilPrice.com Chart of the Week – Oil has started off on a positive note in 2022 so far, with robust demand continuously exceeding market expectations and Omicron fears waning. – Even though there has been a relative lack of major developments in the market, partial supply disruptions in […]

(PHOTO: DA-KUK/ISTOCK BY GETTY IMAGES) January 11, 2022/IMFBlog By Tobias Adrian, Tara Iyer and Mahvash S. Qureshi There’s a growing interconnectedness between virtual assets and financial markets. Crypto assets such as Bitcoin have matured from an obscure asset class with few users to an integral part of the digital asset revolution, raising financial stability […]

January 11, 2022/Proshare by FBNQuest Research  Balance of payments data obtained from the Quarterly Statistical Bulletin (QSB) of the CBN reveals that Nigeria’s current account for Q3 ’21 swung to a surplus, equivalent to 3.4% of GDP. After nine consecutive quarters of current account deficits, the Q3 surplus represents the […]