Photo Credit: Tamara Merino/IMFPhoto IMF COUNTRY FOCUS February 15, 2024/IMF By Luiza Antoun de Almeida, Si Guo and Andrea Schaechter Chile’s economy is at a crossroads. Strong policies have successfully brought down high inflation and reduced the large current account deficit that emerged during the pandemic. Increases in social benefits […]

February 15, 2024/FBNQuest Research Significant volatility has trailed FX trades following the recent measures by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to promote forex supply. For instance, FX turnover reported by FMDQ has risen by +666.3% ytd. However, compared to the previous trading day, turnover declined by about -6910bps to […]

February 14, 2024/US Federal Reserve By Vice Chair for Supervision Michael S. Barr Thank you for having me here today. After having had to miss this conference last year, I greatly appreciate the opportunity to join you. As you might expect, I was a little busy in March 2023, and […]