OPINION/EDITORIAL

Taming the Currency Hype

August 21, 2019/IMFBlog By Gustavo Adler, Luis Cubeddu, and Gita Gopinath Escalating trade tensions are taking a toll on the global economy and are partly responsible for the recent downward revisions to our growth forecasts for 2019-20. Facing sluggish growth and below-target inflation, many advanced and emerging market economies have […]

Oil Markets On Edge Over Trade War Uncertainty

August 20, 2019/OilPrice.com –    The volume of natural gas that is flowing to export terminals in the U.S. reached a record high in July, hitting 6 billion cubic feet per day (bcf/d), or 7 percent of total U.S. natural gas production, according to the EIA. –    U.S. LNG exports reached […]

Low Naira yields, for how long?

August 19, 2019/Coronation Report President Muhammadu Buhari last week directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to halt the sale of foreign exchange for food importation. This prompted front-page headlines defending CBN independence, which we believe will be heeded.  Download report