CHART OF THE WEEK August 11, 2021/IMFBlog By Mariano Moszoro For countries on the path to recovery, reviving economic activity is a major priority. And what better way to support a come-back than by creating jobs. Our new IMF staff research shows that when governments spend on infrastructure, they create […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
A Sharp Fall in the CBN’s Supply of FX
August 11, 2021/Proshare by FBNQuest Research FX flows through the CBN give a reasonable sense of foreign-exchange availability and administrative changes in the market by the central bank. Data for January 2021 show inflows of USD1.73bn and outflows of USD2.83bn. The point of interest is not the net deficit, which […]
Closing Nigeria’s Infrastructure Gap
August 11. 2021/United Capital Research Nigeria’s infrastructure gap remains a critical bottleneck that continues to undermine the country’s economic potentials. Thus, different suggestions have been put forward as measures to spur improvement in the decrepit state of infrastructure. While major bodies like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and African Development […]
