December 23, 2021/OilPrice.com Oil prices have risen back to the mid-$70s this week as a result of tighter U.S. crude inventories and a force majeure on Libyan crude oil exports. Friday, December 23rd, 2021  The interdependence of oil prices and Omicron news updates has subsided somewhat this week as the […]

(PHOTO: TRAVEL MAN/ADOBE STOCK) December 22, 2021/IMFBlog By Yan Carrière-Swallow , Pragyan Deb and Daniel Jiménez New analysis shows how increases in shipping rates have a persistent impact on consumer prices. As the world economy recovers from the pandemic, inflation is mounting in advanced and emerging economies. Pent-up demand fueled by stimulus and pandemic disruptions is helping accelerate inflation, […]

December 22, 2021/FirstBank of Nigeria Kayode Tokede examines ways monthly salary earners with FirstBank accounts can benefit from the lender’s numerous loans initiatives amid harsh economy. In time past, monthly income earners – especially bank customers – were unable to have quick access to personal loans to meet their immediate […]