May 22, 2020/Cordros Report We had stated in our last update (See Report: Great Lockdown to Stoke Pressure on Food Prices) that the combination of lockdown instituted by the FGN, together with the negative passthrough impact of Naira depreciation on both the core and food basket, will stoke upward pressure on […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
New report calls for improvements in debt capital markets
May 21, 2020/EBRD By Axel Reiserer A new report, published today, has called for substantial reforms of debt capital markets in central and south-eastern Europe in order to improve their cost-effectiveness and the efficiency of bond issuances. The study finds “a number of factors that every country should consider” after […]
Tracking the $9 Trillion Global Fiscal Support to Fight COVID-19
May 20, 2020/IMFBlog By Bryn Battersby, W. Raphael Lam, and Elif Ture Governments have put forward swift and significant emergency lifelines to protect people in response to the pandemic. We measured these in the April 2020 Fiscal Monitor and as countries have stepped up their efforts, we have updated the […]
