IMF Country Focus By Krishna Srinivasan, Sònia Muñoz, and Ding Ding March 12, 2021 Many Caribbean countries risk becoming COVID-19 economic long-haulers. Much the same as some patients could suffer from lingering illnesses long after the corona virus infection has passed, the pandemic’s economic fallout might be felt in the region […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
Commercial Real Estate at a Crossroads
March 29, 2021/IMFBlog By Andrea Deghi and Fabio Natalucci Empty office buildings. Reduced store hours. Unbelievably low hotel room rates. All are signs of the times. The containment measures put in place last year in response to the pandemic shuttered businesses and offices, and dealt a severe blow to the […]
A Rise in Domestic Debt Service in Q4 2020
March 29, 2021/Proshare By FBNQuest Research We can see from our chart capturing the FGN’s domestic debt service that total payments increased by 39% y/y in Q4 to NGN352bn. The rise for the full year was a more modest 11%. As a rough guide, the stock of domestic debt grew […]
