(Credit: georgeclerk/iStock by Getty Images) August 29, 2024/IMFBlog By The Editors Women are leading more central banks than ever before, thanks to appointments in the past year, but recent gains still leave the share of female governors far short of parity. The number of women in governor roles rose to […]

August 28, 2024/Cordros Report The recently released Q2-24 GDP report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed that Nigeria’s economic activities remained robust as the real GDP grew by 3.19% y/y in Q2-24 (Q1-24: +2.98% y/y). Notably, the improvement was primarily driven by the expansion in the oil sector […]

August 27, 2024/Oilprice.com By Michael Kern il prices started the week with a major spike on the back of Khalifa Haftar’s Benghazi-based government declaring a nationwide halt of all oil production and exports. – One of the two rival powers in Libya, the Benghazi government run by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar said […]