OPINION/EDITORIAL

Pressure on Foreign Flows

December 9, 2019/Coronation Research The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) can be content with a GDP print for Q3 2019 (at +2.28% y/y) which showed growth improving. However, the fact that the rating agency Moody’s put Nigeria’s B2 rating on a negative watch is not so welcome. See below and […]

Oil Jumps On ‘’Saudi Surprise’’

\ December 6, 2019/OilPrice.com Oil prices rose on Friday morning, fueled by optimism about the new OPEC+ deal and the Saudi promise to, once again, overcomply with their production quota. Friday, December 6th, 2019 Oil jumped because of news from Vienna. OPEC+ agreed to cut 500,000 bpd more than the […]

Global Carbon Emissions Are on the Rise Again

December 5, 2019/IMFBlog By Christian Bogmans, Akito Matsumoto, and Andrea Pescatori After good progress in the beginning of the decade, global carbon emissions have started to pick up again. This recent trend sets the world on a dangerous path: to slow the pace of climate change, carbon emissions need to […]