May 26, 2020/IMFBlog By Louis Marc Ducharme, James Tebrake, and Zaijin Zhan Accurate and timely economic data are crucial for informing policy decisions, especially during a crisis. But the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the production of many key statistics. Without reliable data, policymakers cannot assess how badly the pandemic is […]

May 25, 2020/Coronation Report The Monetary Policy Council (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) meets this week to consider its policy rate and the overall direction of interest rates. As we pointed out last week, the upward movement in the CBN’s foreign exchange reserves, combined with the positive […]

Several International Oil Companies (IOC)s received extensions on existing block licenses in Angola before the COVID-19 crisis May 25, 2020/Africa Oil & Power Conference By Grace Goodrich, Field Editor Prior to the onset of COVID-19 and OPEC-led production cuts effective May 1, Angola was set to see a rise in […]