September 5, 2024/CSL Research In August 2024, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, through the Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Olawale Edun, approved a regulation implementing a zero percent duty rate and Value Added Tax (VAT) exemption on select basic food items. This […]
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Oil Prices Plunge on OPEC+ Production Cut Speculation
September 2, 2024/Oilprice.com By Tom Kool This week’s newsletter provides a brief overview of the key figures and data in the energy markets for the week. We will look at some key market movers early this week before providing the latest analysis of the top news events in the global […]
Sustained Economic Growth Hinges on Productivity Gains as Populations Age
(Credit: Illustration by Eiko Ojala) September 4, 2024/IMFBlog By Gita Bhatt “Productivity isn’t everything,” Paul Krugman wrote in his 1990 book, The Age of Diminished Expectations, “but in the long run it is almost everything.” Productivity is a foundation of prosperity. The only way a country can raise its standard […]
