June 1, 2021/OilPrice.com Chart of the Week – The average retail price for gasoline in the U.S. jumped above $3 per gallon last week, the highest price since 2014. – Memorial Day travel is expected to be 50% higher than the same weekend in 2020. – California saw the highest […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
How to Reduce COVID-19’s Unequal Effects Across Workers
June 1, 2021/IMFBlog By Jorge Mondragon and Marina M. Tavares Lower-skilled and young workers were among the hardest hit from the pandemic, suffering job losses in record numbers last year. Some of those jobs may never reappear as economies readjust to a post-pandemic world. Longer-term changes appear likely in terms […]
Digital Currency: A Right Move to be Adopted by the CBN?
June 1, 2021/Proshare by CSL Research At the last Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting held on the 24th and 25th May 2021, the CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, hinted at plans made by the Apex bank to issue the country’s digital currency. While no definite timeframe for issuance was reported by […]
