October 16, 2020/IMF By Ana Lariau and Jenny Lee IMF European Department Today the IMF welcomed the Principality of Andorra as its 190th member. Andorra—a microstate situated between France and Spain—joined the IMF when Elisenda Vives Balmaña, Ambassador of Andorra to the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and Permanent Representative […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
How COVID-19 will Increase Inequality in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies
October 29, 2020/IMFBlog By Gabriela Cugat and Futoshi Narita Emerging markets and developing economies grew consistently in the two decades before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, allowing for much-needed gains in poverty reduction and life expectancy. The crisis now puts much of that progress at risk while further widening the gap between […]
NSE Back Above Water, Nairobi Still in Difficulties
Culled—-Proshare October 28, 2020 By FBNQuest Research The NSEASI crossed a notable threshold on 02 October, returning to positive territory ytd for the first time since 26 February. The advance has now widened to 8.0%, compared with a -3.8% ytd contraction for the Jo’burg all-share and a -32.3% slump in […]
