January 19, 2021/IMFBlog By Hites Ahir, Nicholas Bloom, and Davide Furceri Global uncertainty reached unprecedented levels at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak and remains elevated. The World Uncertainty Index—a quarterly measure of global economic and policy uncertainty covering 143 countries—shows that although uncertainty has come down by about 60 percent […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
Efficient cooperation between companies and external law firms
Especially in times of crisis, legal departments question their cooperation with external law firms and look for flexible, efficient and timely solutions for legal issues January 19, 2021/Centurion Plus The corona pandemic is causing turmoil worldwide and has had a massive impact on economic activity. Internal legal departments are therefore […]
Nigerian GDP better than thought
January 18, 2021/Coronation Research When the World Bank recently published its Global Economics Prospects, we were surprised to see a 4.1% recession estimated for Nigeria in 2020. In our view, the Nigerian economy is somewhat stronger than that. Even though the World Bank and the IMF have enviable track records […]

