(PHOTO: RAWPIXEL BY GETTY IMAGES) October 12, 2021/IMFBlog By Tobias Adrian Market sentiment has deteriorated since earlier this year amid still elevated financial vulnerabilities and mounting concerns about risks to inflation. Amid the prolonged and painful pandemic, risks to global financial stability have remained contained—so far. But with economic optimism fading, […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
Is $80 The New Normal For Oil?
October 12, 2021/OilPrice.com Chart of the Week – Private producers with acreage in West Texas and southeast New Mexico are spearheading oil production growth in the US on the back of high oil prices and increased financing access, Bloomberg writes. – According to Rystad forecasts, private companies will make up more […]
Nigeria’s Growing Digital Payment Industry
October 12, 2021/CSL Research Recent data from the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) showed strong growth across the various e-payments channels in the first nine (9) months of 2021. NIBSS Instant Payment (NIP) transactions recorded a healthy 81.8% y/y and 82.9% y/y growth in transaction value and volume to N191.4tn […]
