September 12, 2024/CSL Research Data from the recent Foreign Trades report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), shows that Nigeria’s total merchandise trade stood at ₦31,892.46 billion in Q2 2024, a decrease of 3.76% q/q over the value recorded in Q1 2024. Conversely, this was a rise of 150.39% […]
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Brent Oil Falls to Lowest Level Since December 2021
September 10, 2024/Oilprice.com The table and the charts below show some key market movers early this week followed by the latest analysis of the top news events in the global energy complex over the past few days Bearish Sentiment on Oil Still Yet to Hit Bottom – Hedge […]
How to Awaken Europe’s Private Sector and Boost Economic Growth
(Credit: gorodenkoff/iStock by Getty Images) September 11, 2024/IMFBlog By Diego Cerdeiro, Gee Hee Hong, and Alfred Kammer In the European Union, income per person, one of the main gauges of living standards, is on average one-third less than in the United States, mostly because of lower productivity—as emphasized by Mario Draghi’s […]

