OPINION/EDITORIAL

The Disruptive Impact of COVID-19

Culled—-Proshare April 23, 2020 By FDC Ltd   Covid-19 has brought the global economy to its knees. The lockdowns, social distancing and self-isolating rules in various countries have resulted in a virtual economic paralysis and what could likely be the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.            Covid-19 & […]

Oil Price Crash and Nigeria’s Economy: Unlocking the Opportunity in Crisis

  April 23, 2020/United Capital The past few weeks have been very challenging for global economies, especially for the crude oil – exporting countries, amid COVID-19 outbreak and crude oil price crash. The latter challenge brings back the unsavoury memories of the 2016 recession, which was induced by the slump […]

The Short-term Liquidity Line: A New IMF Tool to Help in the Crisis

April 22, 2020/IMFBlog By Geoffrey Okamoto Challenging times for emerging markets The COVID-19 pandemic has severely disrupted the global economy at every level. Across the world, financial conditions have tightened dramatically, with unprecedented portfolio outflows from emerging markets in terms of both size (a record of about $100 billion) and […]