March 20, 2026/Oilprice.com Tom Kool Editor, Oilprice.com Oil is heading for a fifth straight weekly gain, with Brent near $109, as the Strait of Hormuz remains shut for a third week, keeping supply tight despite policy efforts to ease the market. Friday, March 20, 2026 Oil markets are set to […]

(Credit: Elen Marlen / iStock by Getty Images)  The costs of fragility are high, but judicious economic policies can help foster trust and support economic stability and growth March 18, 2026/IMFBlog Paul M. Bisca, Alexei Miksjuk, Christian Mumssen, Gaëlle Pierre Some 1 billion people across 38 fragile and conflict–affected states experience lower economic […]

March 18, 2026/Coronation Update Summary Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics indicates that headline inflation moderated slightly to 15.06% y/y in February 2026 easing by 4 bps from 15.10% y/y in January. This is above our projection of 14.12% as the unexpectedly sharp acceleration in food inflation slowed […]