(Credit: 35007/iStock by Getty Images) April 24, 2025/IMFBlog By Thomas Helbling, Andrea Pescatori, and Krishna Srinivasan As the global economic system is being reset, US tariffs are the highest in a century—with some of the steepest aimed at Asia. A leader in global trade, Asia accounted for nearly 60 percent of […]

April 24, 2025/CSL Research The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released its Economic Report for January 2025, providing insights into key developments across the real, fiscal, financial, and external sectors of the economy. In the fiscal sector, provisional data for January 2025 indicated a significant decline in gross Federation […]

April 24, 2025/CSL Research The cement sector has recently delivered a mixed performance, shaped by both encouraging demand trends and persistent macroeconomic challenges. On the upside, rising demand—driven by renewed interest from both government and private sector players—has provided a lift to the industry. However, escalating inflation and continued depreciation […]