February 18, 2020/IMFBlog By Stefania Fabrizio, Daniel Gurara and Lisa Kolovich Making sure that opportunities to enter the workforce are fair and rewarding for women benefits everyone. Yet, the average female workforce participation rate across countries is still 20 percentage points lower than the male rate, largely because gender gaps […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
January 2020: Consumer Prices to Firm on Rising Food Prices
February 18, 2020/Cordros Report In our December inflation note, we had argued that consumer prices would firm up, on account of (1) the sustained border closure, and (2) the unfavourable low base. In line with our call, headline inflation rose by 12.13% y/y in January 2020, the highest since April […]
FX Turnover Rises
February 17, 2020 Coronation Report So far 2020 is going well for the Naira, with foreign portfolio investors bringing in substantial sums in January (see below) which add to foreign exchange reserves. On the other hand, and with Naira T-bills yields at historic lows, there is an upswing in foreign […]
