(Credit: IMF Photo/Raul Ariano) September 12, 2024/IMFBlog By Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, Krishna Srinivasan, and Rodrigo Valdés China’s widening trade surplus and the growing US trade deficit since the pandemic have renewed concerns about global imbalances and fueled an intense debate on their causes and consequences. There are increasing worries that China’s external […]
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Q2-2024 Foreign Trade in Statistics Report: Trade Surplus Expands Further
September 12, 2024/United Capital Report According to the Q2-2024 Foreign Trade Statistics Report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Nigeria’s total trade merchandise printed at N31.9tn, down 3.8% q/q compared to its N33.1tn print in Q1-2024. However, on a yearly basis, the country’s total trade climbed by 150.4% […]
Mastercard Invests in Continued Defense of Global Digital Economy with Acquisition of Recorded Future
September 12, 2024/Mastercard Global threat intelligence capabilities complement Mastercard’s existing suite of services delivering cyber resilience and trust Mastercard today expanded its cybersecurity services with an agreement to acquire global threat intelligence company Recorded Future from Insight Partners for $2.65 billion. The acquisition bolsters the insights and intelligence used to […]
