(Credit: Diy13/iStock by Getty Images) April 17, 2025/IMFBlog By Era Dabla-Norris, Davide Furceri, and Mauricio Soto Many countries struggle with low economic growth and high debt and will need bold fiscal actions to restore their finances. Two significant areas for potential savings are energy subsidies and pension systems. However, reforms in […]

April 18, 2025/Oilprice.com Tom Kool Editor, Oilprice.com Oil prices are set to post a weekly gain for the first time in three weeks, although demand concerns continue to loom as the U.S.-China trade war escalates. Friday, April 18th, 2025  As the Western hemisphere wound down trading activity with the onset […]

April 17, 2025/CSL Research The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) recently released the March 2025 Gas Production Status Report indicating that Nigeria’s total gas production for the month was 227,931.65 million standard cubic feet (MMscf), up 14.91% year-on-year (y/y) from 198,353.62 MMscf recorded in March 2024. Distilling the gas […]