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50- 100Bps Rate Hike Likely as MPC Concludes Meeting

July 23, 2024/CSL Research The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is anticipated to sustain its contractionary monetary measures as it concludes its fourth Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of the year. Price pressures and the need to attract foreign portfolio investments (FPIs) remain top priorities for the monetary policy committee. […]

A Low-Growth World Is an Unequal, Unstable World

(Credit: Alfribeiro/iStock by Getty Images) July 23, 2024/IMFBlog By Kristalina Georgieva The global economy is stuck in low gear, which could deal a major blow to the fight against poverty and inequality. Group of Twenty finance ministers and central-bank governors gathering this week in Rio de Janeiro face a sobering […]

Charting a New Course for Qatar’s Economic Diversification After the World Cup

(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 […]