(Credit: kentoh/iStock by Getty Images) By Salih Fendoglu, Mahvash S. Qureshi, and Felix Suntheim Global geopolitical risks remain elevated, raising concerns about their potential impact on economic and financial stability. Shocks such as wars, diplomatic tensions, or terrorism can disrupt cross-border trade and investment. This can hurt asset prices, affect financial institutions, […]

April 11, 2025/Oilprice.com Tom Kool Editor, Oilprice.com Oil market fundamentals appear to have entirely given way to sentiment recently, with Trump’s tariff war with China driving prices down. Friday, April 11th, 2025  This week, one may not have noticed that oil markets are still backwardated and that refiners are still buying […]

April 10, 2025/FBNQuest Research The most recent data published by the Debt Management Office (DMO) shows a steady increase in Nigeria’s debt burden. Sequentially, the nation’s debt stock rose by a modest 2% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) to N144.7trn as at the end of Dec ’2024. However, the YoY rise was more […]