OPINION/EDITORIAL

Dampening the Impact of Global Financial Shocks on Emerging Market Economies

May 19, 2020/IMFBlog By Damiano Sandri The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting emerging markets through an unprecedented combination of domestic and external shocks. Among the latter, the pandemic has led to a sharp increase in global risk aversion and an abrupt retrenchment in foreign capital flows. Based on historical experience, these […]

An African Perspective on the impact of COVID-19 and the Response to it – FBNQuest

Culled—Proshare May 19, 2020 By FBNQuest Research This week, we are going to share some of the observations made on a webinar organized by the Royal African Society on ‘African Economies after COVID-19’. The external panelists were: Donald Kaberuka, an envoy for the African Union (AU) and the previous president […]

UAC of Nigeria Plc – Tactical Play Possible Despite New Fundamental Worries

Culled—Proshare May 19, 2020 By CardinalStone Research Earnings could materially deteriorate on naira weakness Deterioration across key macro indices is likely to affect consumption dynamics in Nigeria and cascade to an 11.2% YoY decline in revenue from continuing operations to N70.3 billion1 for UACN in 2020. The cost implication of […]