OPINION/EDITORIAL

How Sound Economic Policy Can Help Prevent Conflict

(Credit: IMF Photo) March 13, 2025/IMFBlog By Franck Bousquet, Paul M. Bisca, Christopher Rauh, and Benjamin Seimon Macroeconomic policy can play a key role in preventing armed conflict, in turn saving lives and avoiding injuries, forced displacement and migration, and vast damage to the economy. That’s according to new IMF research, based on policy […]

Domestic Crude Oil Production Down Month-on-Month in February

March 13, 2025/CSL Research The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) recently released its February 2025 Oil Production Status Report, revealing a 4.8% month-on-month (m/m) decline in Nigeria’s crude oil production (excluding condensates). Output fell to 1.47 million barrels per day (mbpd), marking a drop of 73,691 barrels per day […]

Russia-Ukraine Crisis; An End to the War in View

March 12, 2025/CSL Research Recent developments indicate a potential pathway toward ending the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. On 11 March 2025, Ukraine agreed to a U.S.-proposed 30-day ceasefire and consented to immediate negotiations with Russia during talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. In response, the United States lifted its […]