(Credit: hasan zaidi/iStock via Getty Images) IMF COUNTRY FOCUS July 22, 2024/IMF Qatar continues to enjoy economic gains after hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which boosted its global profile. Visitor arrivals in 2023 were nearly twice pre-pandemic levels, and tourism this year reached new heights. Hosting the World Cup […]

(Credit: Viktor-Gladkov/iStock by Getty Images) July 22, 2024/IMFBlog By Tobias Adrian, Fabio Natalucci, and Jason Wu In our blog at the beginning of this year, we flagged that emerging markets were navigating high global interest rate volatility. We also noted that while emerging markets have thus far remained resilient, rising uncertainty […]

July 22, 2024/CBN The Nigerian economy-maintained growth at a slower pace in 2023 despite facing global and domestic headwinds. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth decelerated to 2.74% from 3.40% and 3.10% recorded in 2021 and 2022, respectively, indicating a continued decline in annual output growth following the recovery from the […]