February 23, 2021/OilPrice.com Chart of the Week Chart of the Week – The Texas blackouts came from a steep drop in generation from gas, coal, wind and nuclear power. – Natural gas typically can supply 40 GW of capacity at peak periods, but frozen gas lines, wellheads, […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
Divergent Recoveries in Asia: History is not Destiny
February 23, 2021/IMFBlog by Davide Furceri, Jonathan D. Ostry, and Anthony C.K. Tan Asian economies are performing better than expected. In the IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook Update, we upgraded our growth estimate for 2020 by 0.7 percentage point from our previous forecast in October, to a contraction of 1.5 […]
Another Small Rise in the Diminished FAAC Payout in February 2021
February 23, 2021/Proshare by FBNQuest Research The gross monthly distribution by the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) to the three government tiers and eligible agencies totalled NGN640bn (USD1.56bn) in February (from January revenue), This was NGN21bn above the previous month’s payout. From thin coverage in the local media, we learnt […]

