(Credit: IMF Photo/Tuane Fernandes) October 16, 2024/IMFBlog By Mario Catalán, Andrea Deghi, and Mahvash S. Qureshi Uncertainty is not as easily measured as traditional indicators like growth or inflation, but economists have built some reliable proxies. One of the best-known gauges is the Economic Policy Uncertainty Index, which tallies how many news […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
Artificial Intelligence Can Make Markets More Efficient—and More Volatile
(Credit: IMF Photo/Tuane Fernandes) October 15, 2024/IMFBlog By Nassira Abbas, Charles Cohen, Dirk Jan Grolleman, and Benjamin Mosk More efficient or more volatile? The adoption of the latest iterations of artificial intelligence by financial markets can improve risk management and deepen liquidity; but it could also make markets opaque, harder to monitor, […]
Nigeria September 2024 CPI Headline Inflation to Maintain Uptrend in the Near Term
October 15, 2024/Cordros Report According to the recently released data by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), headline inflation rose by 55bps to 32.70% y/y in September (August: 32.15% y/y) after two consecutive months of moderation. The increase was primarily driven by higher food prices (+25bps to 37.77% y/y) underpinned […]
