February 8, 2021/Coronation Report What will be the Federal Government of Nigeria’s (FGN) next move when it comes to financing its deficit? Movements in the foreign exchange and open market operation (OMO) markets last week prompted market comment that Nigeria is courting foreign portfolio investment (FPI) to participate in Naira […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
Latin America and Caribbean’s Winding Road to Recovery
February 8, 2021/IMFBlog By Alejandro Werner, Anna Ivanova, and Takuji Komatsuzaki Latin America and Caribbean economies managed to bounce back from COVID-19’s initial economic devastation earlier in 2020. But the pandemic’s resurgence towards the end of the year threatens to thwart an uneven recovery and add to the steep social […]
Central Banking and the Cryptocurrency Challenge – Call it like it is
February 7, 2021/Proshare By Tope Fasua/OP/ED “The traditional financial system is deeply rooted, organized, and backed by government. Cryptos are not… At least not for now!” First, a bit of history. A supposed Japanese named Satoshi Nakamoto started the first bitcoin sometime in 2007. Indeed, nothing is known about whoever […]
