(Credit: iStock by Getty Images/winhose) October 16, 2024/IMFBGlog By Jorge Alvarez, Alberto Musso, Jean-Marc Natal, and Sebastian Wende The inflation surge over the past three years followed a unique disruption to the global economy. Pandemic lockdowns initially tilted demand away from services and toward goods. But this came at a time when […]
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Support for Economic Reforms Hinges on Communication, Engagement, and Trust
(Credit: IMF Photo/rogeranis.photo) October 16, 2024/IMFBlog By Silvia Albrizio, Bertrand Gruss, and Yu Shi The global economy is stuck in a low-growth gear, largely because of aging populations, weak business investment, and structural frictions that prevent capital and labor from flowing to where it can be most productive. As demographic pressures […]
September-2024 Inflation Note: Headline Inflation Trends Slightly Higher
October 16, 2024/United Capital Research Extracts from Septr-2024 Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed that the Nigeria’s headline inflation printed at 32.70% on a year-on-year (y/y) basis, indicating a 54bps climb from 32.15% y/y recorded in Aug-2024. On a month-on-month viewpoint, a […]
