Image Credit: USDA Agricultural Services December 8, 2021/USDA Agricultural Services The Netherlands and Scandinavian countries (Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark) are key markets for U.S. craft beer and distilled spirits. In 2020, the United States shipped $26 million of beer products and $66 million of distilled spirits to the Netherlands […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
Metals Demand from Energy Transition May Top Current Global Supply
Image Credit: IMFBlog December 8, 2021/IMFBlog By Nico Valckx, Martin Stuermer, Dulani Seneviratne, and Ananthakrishnan Prasad Firm, market, and country level factors may weigh on metals production under a net-zero scenario. The clean energy transition needed to avoid the worst effects of climate change could unleash unprecedented metals demand in coming decades, requiring as much […]
Trade Deficit: A Gift that Keeps on Giving
December 8, 2021/CSL Research The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its recently released trade statistics revealed that the trade deficit in the third quarter (Q3 2021) of the year rose to N3.02tn from N1.87tn recorded as of Q2 2021. Total trade of N13.28trn grew 10.4% q/q from N12.08tn in […]
